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“That’s zero, folks!” quipped Richard Binzel, an MIT professor of planetary science who studies asteroids, in an email. The brief surge of interest in 2024 YR4, which made its way into ...

Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...

This Friday, all seven planets will be in the night sky for a brief period. Join the cosmic spectacle and learn where to look ...

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The seven other planets in our solar system will line up in the night sky on Friday evening for a rare alignment called a ...