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A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away from Earth’s Moon ...

The star’s looming death will dramatically reshape the inner solar system, engulfing Mercury and Venus in a fiery sphere. The ...

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Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles that one day could threaten Earth—so what ...

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...

Scientists have discovered that seismic waves traveling to Earth’s core and back caused almost all of Japan to shift eastward ...

In this version of alternate history, Columbus set sail on his epic voyage to the Americas to prove to the world that the ...