There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

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There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

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The decision comes as the Voyager spacecraft face diminishing power supplies due to the gradual decay of their radioactive plutonium. Going where no spacecraft has gone before: NASA shuts down ...