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BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its fourth close pass of the innermost planet last week, and it will enter Mercury’s orbit in 2026 to learn more about its mysteries ...

The Local Bubble is a region of surprisingly low-density gas that surrounds our solar system and other nearby regions of our galaxy — and it has a violent history. Here's how our solar system ...

In a new study, MIT physicists propose that if most of the dark matter in the universe is made up of microscopic primordial ...

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A team of astronomers observing the recent movement of comets through our solar system are hypothesizing that the unusual ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has provided groundbreaking data from near the edge of the solar system, revealing the cosmic ...

Astronomers have directed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call ...

A new study from Monash University scientists suggests that Earth may have had a ring system that formed around 466 million ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is set launch in October to explore the habitability of an ice-covered ocean world in our solar system ...

Whether you’re starting your journey at Mercury or have already achieved Pluto status with your closest friends, every ...

Watching for changes in Mars' orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter, according to researchers.