Vesta in 3-D Get out your red-blue 3-D glasses and take a narrated tour of Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the solar system, as viewed by the Dawn spacecraft in the summer of 2011.Video ...

This year's spectacle will be more impressive than usual, as the Earth passes through a concentrated clump of 3,000-year-old comet debris Sarah Kuta Only two robotic missions have made it to the ...

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Voyager 1 – and its sibling, Voyager 2 – were always meant to be a testament to humanity’s ingenuity. When they left Earth in the summer of 1977, they did so carrying a record that was ...

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It's been reported that the as-of-yet undiscovered planet would help explain the unusual orbits of a series of objects on the edge of our solar system, The Independent reported. Astronomer ...

Our solar system could end with its planets being crushed and eaten by the Sun when it dies, a new study suggests. The inner planets, Mercury and Venus, will almost certainly be engulfed by the Sun.

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