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Cometary-type interplanetary dust particle, magnified by an electron microscope. (Hope Ishii, UH Mānoa)

Pre-Solar System Dust Found in the Atmosphere

June 15, 2018

A research team led by the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology say they have discovered the remains of the formation of the solar system in some interstellar dust. The dust particles, which were gathered in Earth’s atmosphere by NASA aircraft, are thought to have been cast off from […]

This artist's concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

New Insight Into TRAPPIST 1 Planets

February 7, 2018

Two new, but separate, studies provide fresh insight into planets orbiting the nearby red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. One of the studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, suggests the atmospheres of at least three of the seven TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets found so far do not seem to be as hydrogen-rich as our solar system’s gas giant […]

2014’s 1st Asteroid May Have Hit Earth

January 3, 2014

As Americans were ringing in 2014 early Wednesday morning, scientists caught sight of what appeared to be a very small asteroid – between 2 and 3 meters in size – on a potential impact trajectory with Earth. The observation was made at the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona. The space rock, designated 2014 AA, […]

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