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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Does a comet’s period change because it loses mass every time it nears the Sun?

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

BepiColombo nabs its best views yet of Mercury

Pluto may have ‘kissed’ Charon to capture it

The star Lambda Herculis

Where is the solar system heading?

Does Planet Nine exist?

The middle-aged Moon had a magnetic field

Dark comet

‘Dark comets’ could reveal how Earth got its oceans

Mars Express captures the beauty of a martian frostscape

Artist's illustration of an asteroid belt around a young star

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

How do spacecraft avoid collisions in the asteroid belt?

Smallest main-belt asteroids ever detected found hiding in JWST data

Earth’s gravity gave the Moon an early facelift

The sun during the winter solstice. Pixabay/ AlainAudet

Science, Solar System

Why the winter solstice is the longest night every year, and when it happens in 2024