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03/28/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Scientists are learning more about how comets are formed

Humans have known about comets for many years, but our greater understanding of them has only been a recent development. For instance, it has long been believed that comets formed when the planets came to be, billions of years ago. But new research shows that this is not necessarily true of all comets. Just look […]

03/01/2018 / By David Williams

Pictures from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captures images from the edge of our solar system, more than three billion miles away

It’s quite amazing what can be achieved with the use of a camera and an unmanned vehicle just floating around in deep space. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently announced that its New Horizons spacecraft made history by capturing an image near the edge of the solar system – more than three billion […]

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