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Seeds of life among the stars: MIT scientists find complex carbon molecules in a distant cloud, pointing to clues to Earth’s beginnings!
This discovery supports the idea that life's building blocks were present early in the Solar System…
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Comets that bounce around the universe could be delivering the ingredients for life to alien planets
It could help narrow down the search for exoplanets that have the correct conditions for a comet to…
Marianne Guenot
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Icy pebbles may be carrying water to developing planets across the cosmos!
Scientists, exploring the origins of water on Earth and other exoplanets, may have uncovered a prom…
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A Millennium Falcon-shaped comet heading toward Earth is so bright you'll able to see it with your naked eye, say astronomers
The comet, known as Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, abruptly brightened 100-fold on July 20 as plumes of deb…
Ellie Zolfagharifard
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The Green Comet will be closest to earth on Feb 1. Here's the science behind its ghoulish glow.
A comet is essentially a galactic snowball. Physics explains why the green comet's head is green, b…
Marianne Guenot
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Origin story: All comets come from the same place next to the Sun
Comets can be found flying all over the solar system, but all of them could have originated in the …
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Earth got its water and organic matter from asteroids, finds Japan's space probe
Water and organic matter was brought to Earth by asteroids, finds Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe. T…
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The mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua was a chunk of planet from another solar system, a new study says
Some astronomers think space object 'Oumuamua could have been an alien spaceship. But new research …
Aylin Woodward
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A rare chemical that helped DNA form may have come to Earth on comets from newborn stars, astronomers find
Astronomers had already found traces of phosphorus in data Rosetta gathered about 67P, but they had…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is set to fly past Earth in April — but it's not going to end the planet
Bigger than most average asteroids, normally a few feet in size, the asteroid does not pose a th…
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The space rock that doomed the dinosaurs was shrapnel from a comet that flew too close to the sun, a Harvard study suggests
The origin of the space rock that killed the dinosaurs has been a mystery. A new study suggests it …
Aylin Woodward
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China brought the first moon rocks back to Earth in 45 years. They hint at mysterious volcanic eruptions.
China brought the first moon samples to Earth since 1976. They're lava remnants from a mysterious v…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Harvard-led team is launching a new project to search for physical evidence of aliens and their technology
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb is leading the Galileo Project, a program that will search for signs of ext…
Aylin Woodward
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It might not be 'dinosaur destroying' but it's only a matter of time before an asteroid hits Earth
But, considering their frequency, scientists believe it’s only a matter of time before one o…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Comet ISON Isn't Going To Hit Earth
StarTalk Radio is a podcast and radio program hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, where c…
William Wei
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This Comet Stinks
The chemicals that make up these nasty smells on Earth are usually pretty dense whereas the chemica…
Jessica Orwig
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This little probe landed on a comet 300 million miles away and found the building blocks of life
It's possible that this batch of data could mark the end of the mission since Philae didn't exactly…
Kelly Dickerson
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These 3.7 billion-year-old fossils could have 'staggering' implications for the history of life on Earth
"Seeing stromatolites in such a setting would hardly be surprising - if the rocks were half a billi…
Dave Mosher
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ESA: 'We Are On The Comet' But Something's Wrong
When Philae touched down, it was supposed to fire harpoons that would permanently cement it to the …
Jessica Orwig
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First Images Of Comet Coming In From Philae Lander
Ten years ago, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta spacecraft to intercept a comet named…