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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think

Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, has long captivated scientists with its extrem…

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Robinhood's cofounder has joined the rapidly growing commercial space race, and wants to beam solar power from satellites to earth

A report from McKinsey earlier in 2024 estimated that the global space economy will be worth $1.8 t…

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Interstellar internet may be possible if we can weaponise the gravity of massive stars, say scientists

The potential to manipulate long-range signals, such as light, is enormous, as it paves the way for…

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Is there really another planet hiding deep inside our Earth?

Scientists theorise that approximately 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal collision, termed the "gia…

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Mercury's shrinking history revealed through surface craters: insights from the planet's shriveling past

While missions to explore the moon's surface are numerous, the same cannot be said for Mercury. How…

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The Earth did not get its water from asteroids — it may have had it all along

The prevailing theory on how the Earth got its water is that the planet was born dry and water was …

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7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science

A total solar eclipse made Einstein and his theory of relativity world famous. That's not the only …

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Scientists uncover enormous cosmic structure containing a whopping 20 galaxies!

The "Cosmic Vine" stands out as an exceptionally lengthy and vast structure, surpassing the size of…

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Astronomers spot the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen, and it's 100 times the size of our solar system

The blast, which is 2 trillion times brighter than the sun, may have been caused by a supermassive …

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The solar system was hit with a gamma-ray burst so bright, it blinded scientists' equipment in space

One astronomer dubbed the high-intensity beam of radiation the BOAT: the Brightest of All Time.

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How to bake a meteorite — scientists are heating up space rocks to recreate the birth of planets

According to her, when the building blocks of a planet are coming together, the material is he…

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Astronomers discover whirling electric winds at Saturn's north pole, solving a decades-old NASA mystery

Saturn's aurora borealis, unlike auroras on other planets, is driven by a powerful weather system. …

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Watch NASA launch a spacecraft to explore ancient asteroids that lead and trail Jupiter around the sun

The Trojan asteroids have barely changed since the birth of our solar system. NASA's Lucy mission a…

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NASA's attempt to burrow into Mars met 2 insurmountable obstacles: cement-like soil and an unexpected energy shortage

InSight lander's "mole" was unable to hammer through the Martian soil, and unusually dusty solar pa…

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It took one massive telescope 130 hours to capture tens of thousands of galaxies in a single image

Radio telescopes, on the other hand, can see through the dust and record observations of t…

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Mars may have had a giant ring billions of years ago, new research suggests

The strange orbit of Mars' moon suggests that the planet may have pulled moons toward it in the pas…

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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 …

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Earth's satellites, power grids and planes may have more time to prepare against the threat of solar flares

A big step in tracking down the source of a natural threat to satellites, astronauts, power grids a…

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How space movies have evolved over 120 years

From "A Trip to the Moon" to "Star Wars" to "The Midnight Sky," filmmakers have used evolving techn…

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Climate scientists debunk 13 myths about global warming

Climate scientists debunk myths about global warming, the temperature record, carbon dioxide, extre…

Michelle Yan Huang,Abby Tang,…