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Strange Glass in Australia Reveals a Massive Impact We Never Knew About

Strange glassy blobs strewn across the Australian desert are evidence of an ancient meteorite impact that scientists hadn't ...

Major breakthrough: Water found on 7-billion-year-old interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reshapes planet formation theories

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has been found to contain water, marking a significant discovery in understanding cometary ...

Oldest rocks on Australian continent offer insight into origins of Earth and the moon

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...

Hydrogen can make water on alien worlds: A nature study just rewrote how planets form oceans

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that high-pressure reactions between ...

New Clues Show Earth’s “Boring Billion” Sparked the Rise of Life

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

3I/ATLAS Latest Update: Is The Comet Older Than Earth? What’s Known So Far

The comet, officially detected on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System)telescope in Chile, has been confirmed to be travelling on a hyperbolic trajectory, meaning ...

Which Is the Fastest Spinning Planet in the Solar System?

Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our Solar System, completing a rotation in less than 10 hours. This rapid spin ...

Did you miss the deep crust barely visible from Earth in 3I/ATLAS? New findings reveal strange cause for it

James Webb Space Telescope observations show interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a 50-65 foot irradiated crust formed by billions of years of cosmic ray exposure. Research posted to arXiv indicates the co ...