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An interstellar trespasser known as 3I/ATLAS is almost certainly a comet. So, why do so many people think it's ...

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Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

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Science comes alive at the Earth and Planets Laboratory (EPL), where researchers unlock the secrets of earthquakes, volcanoes, meteorites, and even the origins of life. For one day only, we’re opening ...

Warm Jupiters – gas giants parked closer to their stars than Jupiter is to the Sun – keep turning up with orbits that are stretched but strangely well-behaved. Many of these planets move in long ovals ...

Tonight, skywatchers will be treated to a stunning spectacle as the Moon and Jupiter align in the night sky. Just hours after reaching its third-quarter phase, the Moon will rise beside the mighty ...

‘The Planets,” the 2018 work which propelled English composer Gustav Holst to “rock star” status, has been a powerful influence on music of all genres ever since — and film composer John Williams in ...

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[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] When we won the tender to build the first European exascale computer at Forschungszentrum Jülich (JSC), we knew it would be a tough gig. Connecting 24,000 GPUs mounted in 125 ...