Scientists have found that 44 Nysa, an asteroid discovered in 1857, is the first known triple-lobed (three-headed) asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Three-Lobed Asteroid 44 Nysa may be the first of its kind, with a tiny moon offering clues to its odd shape, density, formation, and origin.

In 1989, the Voyager 2 mission discovered six new moons orbiting Neptune, including five tiny ones that orbit just outside ...

The asteroid 44 Nysa was first spotted more than 150 years ago, but we are only now finally figuring out its weird shape and ...

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Scientists have discovered a unique planetary system located 71 light-years away, featuring a red dwarf star orbited by a ...

The object about 72 light-years away from Earth could be the first satellite discovered outside our solar system.

Moon craters tell the story of an asteroid that collided somewhere near Jupiter 800 million years ago. The fragments were ...

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Quasars — the brightest objects in the universe — are powered by supermassive black holes at the heart of early galaxies.

While studying Pluto and Saturn’s largest moon Titan, researchers spotted a missing band of light in their spectral signatures, specifically at the 5.11-micrometer line. However, after searching past ...

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