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The asteroid Bennu has provided groundbreaking insights into the chemistry that may have set the stage for life in the early ...

A recent multi-institutional study spearheaded by NASA has revealed the most volcanic place we know of. The planet, coined L 98-59 b, seems to be perpetually reshaped by eruptions more violent and ...

Scientists have found two unusual objects in deep space. One is so big it could fit 21 Jupiters inside but is neither a star nor a planet.

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Around a star just 20 light-years from the Solar System, astronomers have confirmed the existence of what might be a habitable world. The exoplanet HD 20794 d is just under six times the mass of Earth ...

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