A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the ...

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A quiet, glowing gas cloud has been hiding in plain sight not far from Earth. For decades, astronomers have predicted that ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.

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Switzerland turns train tracks into solar power plants Apr 29, 2025 A Swiss start-up’s system to quickly install and remove solar panels between train tracks is now being tested. Read more ...

A forever family, it's what every child deserves, but for the thousands of children in Michigan who land in foster care, the journey to find a safe haven is daunting.

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