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Perseverance just landed on Mars, where it will search for signs of life. But space's cool factor doesn't begin or end there!

The finding comes with significant new suggestions about the solar system ...

Astronomers have spotted something surprising in the far outer Solar System—a faint, short-lived atmosphere clinging to a ...

A team of professional and amateur Japanese astronomers found evidence for a thin atmosphere around a small body in the outer ...

There are parts of the universe, and of the electromagnetic spectrum, that we’re not covering with our telescopes—but not as ...

A new study links the sun's 11-year cycle to accelerated orbital loss, with debris falling faster once sunspot numbers near ...

In the pursuit of space exploration, humans have broken records that were previously thought impossible. At the same time, terrible accidents have marred the history of space flight, making later ...

Astronomers detected signs of a thin atmosphere around distant object 2002 XV93, surprising scientists who believed it was ...

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