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A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Using in part the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, partly funded by the U.S.

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Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of the moon could keep it swathed in an atmosphere that should otherwise ...

How do rogue planetary-mass objects – celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size – come into existence? An ...

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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 ...

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