Tag: solar_system
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Penn Astronomers Use Webb and Hubble to Map Icy Relics at the Solar System's Edge
Astronomer Gary Bernstein and colleagues used the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes to find some of the smallest, faintest icy bodies beyond Neptune and inventory how that material is divided.
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Yale Study: Solar System's First Bodies Formed From Fire, Not Ice
A new Yale-led study finds the solar system's earliest bodies were built from fire rather than ice, offering insight into the building blocks that eventually formed the planets.
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Webb Reveals Surprising Makeup of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the surprising chemical makeup of Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar comet ever identified. Its ancient, distant origin challenges assumptions about conditions within our own Solar System.
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Rice University Unveils Breakthroughs in Wound Healing, Earth's Origins, and Cultural Preservation
Rice University unveils a "living bandage" for wound healing and research on Earth's life ingredients. Faculty also published in The New Yorker and launched new cultural archives.
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