Between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter lies a ring-shaped region called the asteroid belt, home to the vast majority of our ...

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Prepare for a cosmic event as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS approaches Mars next month, offering a unique opportunity for scientific discovery. In this article, we will explore the comet's origin, the ...

An Australian company that is a leader in taking images of spacecraft in low Earth orbit wants to widen its aperture to monitor higher orbits and beyond.

Comet Lemmon, discovered earlier this year, will make a close approach to Earth later this month, giving skywatchers the ...

Researchers found new classes of organic molecules not spotted before that could be involved under the right circumstances in ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college ...

The Orionid meteor shower is active in night skies over Kamloops and the Okanagan for the next six weeks giving ample time to ...

The asteroid is projected to come within 865,000 miles of Earth—nearly five times closer than the orbit of the moon.

Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the best one," Professor Gupta said. "Maybe the universe’s biggest secrets are just ...

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