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The largest comet ever detected has been confirmed by astronomers using NASA's Hubble Telescope, and it will pass by our sun in the next decade. A comet differs from an

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A massive explosion on the sun causes a big solar flare.

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Over the Easter holiday weekend, the sun released a large solar flare, causing radio blackouts and laying the groundwork for future solar storms. According to

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The Heads of Comets can be Green, but their Tails Never are; We have Finally Figured out why it’s Taken 90 Years

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The Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud occasionally fling galactic snowballs comprised of ice, dust, and boulders our way, relics from the solar system's birth 4.6

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Electromagnetic ‘Tug-of-War’ Lights Up Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere, According to Juno and Hubble Data

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Using data from NASA's Juno probe and the Hubble Space Telescope, new Leicester space research has revealed for the first time that a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up aurorae in Jupiter's

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Debris from Collapsing Planets is Slamming into White Dwarfs Across the Galaxy

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Astronomers at the University of Warwick have detected for the first time the moment when debris from destroyed planets collides with the surface of a

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Question of Universe’s Expansion could be Solved with the Help of Fast Radio Bursts

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A fast radio burst (FRB) is a transient radio pulse with a length ranging from a fraction of a millisecond to a few milliseconds created

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A space balloon company is providing a first glimpse of the luxurious cabins.

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A new entrant in the space tourism business promises tourists views of Earth's curvature from the comfort of a luxury cabin hoisted into the upper atmosphere by a massive balloon.

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A 4 billion-year-old remnant from the early solar system is on its way to Earth.

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A massive comet, some 80 miles in diameter and more than twice the breadth of Rhode Island, is speeding towards us from the boundary of

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The Rosetta-Alice Spectrograph Discovers the First Ultraviolet Spectra of a Cometary Surface

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The Alice ultraviolet (UV) spectrograph aboard the Rosetta comet spacecraft of the European Space Agency has made its first scientific discoveries. Rosetta is the first

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The Axiom launch explains why commercial space travel could be a huge step forward for air pollution.

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The Axiom-1 mission, which will send four private astronauts to the International Space Station, is the first of many planned by NASA to expand the ISS for commercial use as