The James Webb Space Telescope captured this stunning image of the gas and dust around a newborn star in the constellation ...

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2024's gigantic solar storm gave the Earth two new temporary radiation belts, according to NASA's CubeSat mission. One of these belts could stay in place for a "very long time", according to NASA ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope's new image spotlights dust grains in a distant protoplanetary disk, allowing astronomers to ...

Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure ...

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

This week, explore what lurks in asteroid dust, marvel at the world’s largest beaded burial, discover an elusive creature photographed for the first time, and more.

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

Scientists have detected organic compounds and minerals necessary for life in the samples collected by the OSIRIS-REx mission ...