What happened before, during and after solar system formation?
Samples returned from the Hayabusa2 mission provides invaluable insights into the formation and evolution of our solar system.
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Joshua Shavit
- Oct 25, 2021
How asteroid, comet strikes may have delayed evolution of Earth's atmosphere
2.5 to 4 billion years ago, a time known as the Archean eon, Earth’s weather could often be described as cloudy with a chance of asteroids.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 20, 2021
A six-year search of the outer solar system turns up 461 new objects (but no Planet 9)
In addition to gathering data on hundreds of known objects, this survey revealed 461 previously undetected objects.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 19, 2021
Giant 'mega comet' up to 200 miles wide spotted making its way into our solar system
The huge comet or minor planet, which astronomers are calling 'the coolest thing we've found', is expected to reach Saturn in 2031
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 24, 2021
100 TRILLION objects like Borisov are visitors to our solar system from interstellar space
Scientists think there may be 100 trillion Borisov-like interstellar comets, meteors, asteroids and other debris in the Oort cloud
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 27, 2021
Comet or asteroid: What killed the dinosaurs and where did it come from?
It forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor left behind a crater off the coast
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