Pristine asteroid samples reveal secrets of the ancient solar system
Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...
Interstellar Visitor May Have Scrambled Our Solar System
The enormous visitor to our solar system may have been about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and come nearly as close to the sun ...
NASA’s findings from asteroid Bennu suggest solar system could be ‘teeming with the potential for life’
The rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu hold amino acids, ammonia and other molecules essential to life on Earth, NASA reported Wednesday. The findings suggest the conditions necessary for ...
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An interstellar visitor may have changed the course of 4 solar system planets, study suggests
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph
BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.