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The Solar System

Mars
Solar System

Could Mars’ red color have formed under wet conditions?

DSCOVR image of Earth and Moon
Science, Solar System

How much less would you weigh on the Moon than on Earth?

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission launches to the Moon

Solar System

Scientists have discovered a 3-billion-year-old beach buried on Mars

lightning in the sky
Science, Solar System

Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space

Solar System

Asteroid 2024 YR4’s odds of hitting Earth in 2032 are now effectively zero

Science

40 cosmic questions and answers

Bennu composite
Solar System

Bennu isn’t likely to hit Earth — but if it did, here’s what would happen

Artist's concept of what Andromeda will look like in the sky in the future
Milky Way, Solar System

What will happen to the solar system when the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy merge?

Solar System

How moonquakes could rattle Artemis astronauts

Solar System

The Moon’s epic ‘grand canyons’ were gouged out in 10 minutes by an asteroid strike

Solar system planets
Solar System

Why do the solar system’s planets have different compositions? 

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