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Mars’ Gravity Helps Drive Earth’s Ice‑Age Cycles, New Simulations Show

Full solar system simulations adjusting Mars’ mass isolate its role in multi‑million‑year orbital pacing.

Hubble and ESA’s Juice Capture 3I/ATLAS With Active Coma and Twin Tails

Bennu Samples Reveal Bio-Essential Sugars, 'Space Gum' and Supernova Dust in New Studies

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Signs of Global Ice Volcanoes, Study Finds

OSIRIS-REx Study Reports Tryptophan Signal in Pristine Bennu Sample

Perseverance Spots Iron–Nickel–Rich Rock on Mars, Raising Meteorite Suspicion

3I/ATLAS Brightens Unusually and Turns Blue Near the Sun as Data Indicate a Cosmic-Ray–Altered Crust

Study Finds Hydrogen Cyanide Forms Co‑Crystals With Methane Under Titan Conditions

Water Detected From Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS as Perihelion Nears

New Analysis Finds Asteroid Belt’s Active Mass Shrinking by 0.0088% Per Million Years

Study Ties Earth’s Early Crust Changes to Milky Way Spiral-Arm Passages

New Images Show Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Growing a Tail as NASA Dismisses Alien-Craft Claims

Ryugu Samples Reveal Late Flowing Water That Upends Asteroid Water Models

SwRI Says Interstellar Comet Flybys Are Achievable as 3I/ATLAS Defies Expectations

Webb and SPHEREx Map CO2‑Dominated Coma of Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS

Webb and SPHEREx Confirm CO2-Dominated Coma Around Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

OSIRIS-REx Samples Show Bennu’s Presolar Stardust, Interstellar Organics, and Faster-Than-Expected Weathering

Hubble and Infrared Observations Show 3I/ATLAS Is an Active Interstellar Comet

Cosmic Rays Can Sustain Subsurface Life in New Radiolytic Habitable Zone

Mineral Condensation Captured in Planet-Forming Disk of Protostar HOPS-315