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Mysterious pits on this comet are actually enormous sinkholes
The team analyzed data collected by the Rosetta spacecraft, which began orbiting comet 67P/Churyumo…
Lydia Ramsey
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How to watch this week's meteor shower created by Halley's Comet
When Earth passes through the tail, small particles of rock and dust get swept up by our planet's g…
Jessica Orwig
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Humans Have Drilled A Comet For the First Time Ever
There's hope for more experiments by the lander in the future, a very slight hope. The lander had a…
Jessica Orwig
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European Spacecraft Becomes The First Ever To Rendezvous With A Comet
"After ten years, five months and four days traveling towards our destination, looping around the S…
Dina Spector
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This alcohol-laced comet spewed 500 wine bottles' worth of booze per second
So tracing the ingredients for the origin of life all the way back to comets and asteroids that for…
Kelly Dickerson
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Tonight, a meteor shower created by a mysterious comet will reach its peak - here's how to watch
To figure out whether you're seeing a Delta Aquarid meteor or a Perseid meteor, you can trace the m…
Ali Sundermier
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Next week, a meteor shower created by a mysterious comet will reach its peak - here's how to watch
To figure out whether you're seeing a Delta Aquarid meteor or a Perseid meteor, you can trace the m…
Ali Sundermier
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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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How to watch tomorrow's meteor shower created by a rogue comet that could be from another solar system
To glimpse the meteors all you have to do is lie on your back and keep your eyes peeled in the dire…
Jessica Orwig
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It's A Race Against Time To Get Philae's Most Important Comet-Science Experiment Done
The lander has a limited battery life - about 60 hours - but also solar panels that can generate po…
Jessica Orwig
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A mission almost 30 years in the making has just profoundly changed what we know about comets
The probe bounced high off the comet twice before tumbling down to a completely unintended landing …
Kelly Dickerson
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The Quadrantids are the first meteor shower of 2024. Here's where to look and the best time to see it.
The Quadrantids are the first meteor shower of 2024 — and the best, per NASA. Here's where to look …
Jessica Orwig
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A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.
Avi Loeb thinks the public has a right to know the truth about UFOs. He hopes his controversial ide…
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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How to see the Orionid meteor shower: the best place and time to catch the perfect view
To see the Orionid meteor shower peak this weekend, find a place to watch with dark skies, away fro…
Maiya Focht,Jessica Orwig
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Insider Today: Nantucket's 'free' homes
In Saturday's edition of Insider Today, we're talking about "free" homes on Nantucket, and a hot pi…
Joi-Marie McKenzie
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YouTube's mass exodus of stars and TikTok's potential US ban shows the uncertainty of the creator economy
YouTube changed how we watch videos. A departure of creators might lead to its own shift.
Dan DeFrancesco
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Photos and videos show why only 360 people have become NASA astronauts
For two years, NASA trains its astronauts, including have them work underwater and learn desert sur…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The Orionid meteor shower peaks Thursday night. Here's how to watch colorful streaks and fireballs lighting up the sky.
The Orionids appear when Earth travels through debris from Halley's Comet. NASA calls them one of t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Disney Channel Games' quietly ended 15 years ago, but it was the peak of Disney Channel's golden age
Disney Channel gathered its top stars to compete in a series of challenges at the "Disney Channel G…