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Astronomers find a pristine meteorite from the dawn of the Solar System

Most meteorites are missing flight data. Not so with the Winchcombe meteorite, whose fireball awed hundreds of people in 2021 and revealed its ancient past.

Inverse

One unexpected Solar System moon could be key to finding alien life

Triton may be an ‘ocean world’, a moon that has a solid ice crust over a liquid water subsurface ocean, which extend the habitable zone to the Kuiper Belt, not just the inner solar system.

Inverse

Mars: how we discovered two huge, unusual impact craters – and the secrets they unveil

Most of the worlds of our Solar System are pockmarked with impact craters. These bear testament to the violence of the early days of the Sun, when asteroids, comets and entire planets routinely collided with and annihilated each other.

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Scientists figured out how to solve an ancient Martian mystery — with rocks found on Earth

Martian meteorites found their way to Earth. In turn, they bore a chemical that has the secret to how much water was on ancient Mars.

Inverse

Leonids: You need to see November's biggest meteor shower this week

The Leonids, made of debris from 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, become a storm once every 33 years or show. It won't happen this year, but still should put on a spectacular show.

Inverse

10 Games like No Man's Sky that are out of this world

Do you love exploring strange new worlds? These games like No Man's Sky might just be what you're looking for

GamesRadar

Study finds that stars and planets grow together

It had been previously thought that planets only form once a star has reached its final size.

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Meteor showers rain clues about the solar system

They bring information about their parent asteroids and comets — and the solar system's history.

Axios

Mars: could life itself have made the planet uninhabitable?

Four billion years ago, the solar system was still young. Almost fully formed, its planets were starting to experience asteroid strikes a little less frequently. Our own planet could have become habitable as long as 3.9 billion years ago, but its primitive biosphere was much different than it is today. Life…

The Conversation

Scientists spot "planet killer" asteroid

The asteroid is almost one mile long, meaning that it would cause an extinction event if it hit Earth

Salon

Astronomers have detected another 'planet killer' asteroid. Could we miss one coming our way?

If you surfed the web this morning, you may have seen news of the latest existential threat to humanity: a “planet killer” asteroid named 2022 AP7.

The Conversation

Scientists discover 'planet killer' asteroid that may hit the Earth's path

It may be the biggest potentially dangerous asteroid discovered in the past eight years.

Daily Record

Curious Kids: What would happen if the world split in half?

What would happen if the world split in half? – Ronan, age 5, Melbourne

The Conversation

Scientists discover 'planet killer' asteroid hiding in glare of the Sun

The sun's glare appears to have been hiding a secret - a trio of space rocks that could one day be hazardous to the planet, including the largest found in eight years

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Scientists discover 'planet killer' asteroid near Earth

They are notoriously difficult to spot

Inverse

Look! NASA’s asteroid-bound Lucy mission snaps a stunning photo of a lonely Earth

This spacecraft got a good look at Earth on its way to Jupiter.

The Conversation

Four ways to spot hints of alien life using the James Webb Space Telescope

The study of exoplanets, worlds which orbit stars other than our sun, is currently being transformed by the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We will shortly gain our first insight into conditions on rocky, potentially Earth-like worlds beyond our solar system. One of these distant worlds might host life.…

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily podcast: Rare meteorite unlocks solar system secrets

A Planetary Scientist from the Natural History Museum has told Tech & Science Daily new data suggests a meteorite sample at the museum may be from the very beginnings of our solar system.

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Asteroid science is rewriting the solar system's history

A trio of new papers reports new evidence an asteroid's parent formed far on the outskirts of the solar system.

The Independent UK

Scientists discover source of one of the rarest meteorites to fall on Earth

Findings could help shed light on how life came to exist on Earth.

Wales Online

Source of one of rarest meteorites to fall on Earth discovered by scientists

The Ivuna meteorite landed in Tanzania in December 1938

Space

Saturn's moons: Facts about the weird and wonderful satellites of the ringed planet

Saturn has the most moons of any other planet in the solar system. Here we explore some of the 274 moons that orbit the ringed planet.

Inverse

Astronomers search for signal from "interstellar internet" nodes

Two astronomers suggest SETI researchers should listen for signals from alien spacecraft positioned to take advantage of our Sun’s gravitational lensing effect.

Inverse

The Moon has been trying to escape Earth for aeons, new research suggests

We recently discovered the perfect place to uncover the long-term history of our receding moon.

Liverpool Echo

Our Place in Space solar system trail lands in Liverpool - pictures

The trail will be in Liverpool for the next three weeks

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