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Lost Jovian moon J 23

Astronomy & Observing News

Amateur Astronomer Finds “Lost” Moons of Jupiter

An amateur astronomer has recovered four of five "lost" Jovian moons.

Global false-color map of Bennu

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Osiris-REX Finds Some of Solar System's Oldest Rocks on Bennu

NASA's Osiris-REX mission has found evidence of ancient water flows on the surface of asteroid Bennu.

Protoplanetary disk

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The Origin of Earth’s Water

Scientists have discovered a new candidate source for Earth's water: building blocks of the primordial solar system known as enstatite chondrites.

Superimposed: Mars river valley networks and Devon Island channels

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Was Early Mars "Wet and Warm"? Or Wet and Cold?

A new model suggests that Martian valley networks might have been created by ancient subglacial rivers rather than water flowing on the surface.

Chaotic, Jupiter-like orbit

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Jupiter Has Trapped a Comet in a Bizarre Orbit

Jupiter has captured an icy comet from the outer solar system. The comet's bizarre orbit will bring it back for another super-close pass in 2063.

Comet 2I/Borisov

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The Origins of Interstellar Objects

The first two interstellar visitors to the solar system are finally shedding light on their places of origin.

Comet Borisov

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Is the Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Breaking Up?

New observations of the interstellar comet — which traveled unaltered for eons before arriving in the solar system — have revealed it's fragmenting

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