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Curious Kids: why do we think there is a possible Planet X?

Why do we think there is a possible planet X? – Courtney, Year 5, Victoria

The Conversation

Google's search business doesn't have to be killed by AI chatbots – here's the ugly workaround

Google’s parent company Alphabet has lost a hefty US$100 billion (£83 billion) or nearly a tenth of its market value after its new AI chatbot, Bard, botched an answer to a query on an ad promoting its launch. It claimed that the James Webb space telescope took the first pictures…

The Conversation

Why does the Earth spin?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

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The planet down the block is a lot

Just 31 light-years away from Earth, Wolf 1069b is among the nearest and most likely to be habitable exoplanets

Salon

Astronomers Found A Ring Around A Distant Object In Space — And It’s Acting Strange

Astronomers found a ring around the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar by watching stars dim. Here's what they think the ring is.

Inverse

Look! Eerie Green Comet Poses With Big Dipper and Little Dipper

The eerie-looking comet is fading fast, but it's not too late for a sighting.

Inverse

European Space Agency's Juice Mission: Launch Date, Mission Goals, Timeline

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission is set to launch in April 2023.

Inverse

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Scientists discover new form of ice which could exist on ‘ice moons’ of outer solar system

Discovered by research teams at UCL and Cambridge, the ice could exist inside the ice moons of the outer solar system

The Independent UK

The Milky Way Galaxy May Be a Unique Heavyweight in One Weird Way

Illustris TNG simulation shows that the Milky Way is special, all thanks to a cosmic wall.

Inverse

Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92

The Independent UK

With Frigid Innovation, Scientists Make a New Form of Ice

Using a device that might be described as a super-duper cocktail shaker, scientists have fashioned a previously unknown form of ice - one that might exist on our solar system's icy moons - in research that sheds light on water's behavior under extreme conditions. The researchers said they employed a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years

Over the past few weeks, social media has been abuzz with excited posts about the green comet that is currently “whizzing” or “flying through the sky”.

The Conversation

'Weird' comet heading straight towards the sun could be from another solar system

A huge 3.7 mile-wide comet hurtling towards the sun is believed to have come from another solar system and has been described by a leading astronomer as 'weird'

Daily Mirror

Kilimanjaro-sized comet is hurtling towards the Sun

Scientists say Machholz 1 has origins in another solar system

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This concept spacecraft could swiftly send a one-ton spaceship to the edge of the Solar System

A new idea proposed by researchers from UCLA envisions a twist on the beam-sail idea: a pellet-beam concept that could accelerate a 1-ton spacecraft to the edge of the Solar System in less than 20 years.

The Independent UK

Huge meteorite discovered in Antarctica contains oldest material in solar system

Researchers trekked for days across Antarctica before finding an unusually large meteorite, that contains some of the oldest material in the solar system

Zenger

How To See A Green Comet That Is About To Zip By Earth

An ancient object that hasn't visited the inner solar system in 50,000 years has gained the attention of stargazers.

The Conversation

Asteroid 2023 BU just passed a few thousand kilometres from Earth. Here's why that's exciting

There are hundreds of millions of asteroids in our Solar System, which means new asteroids are discovered quite frequently. It also means close encounters between asteroids and Earth are fairly common.

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Lucy mission: NASA goals, mission news, and two Beatles Easter eggs

NASA's Lucy mission will investigate our origins. It will be the first to explore the Trojan asteroids, a large group that share Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.

Inverse

NASA just directed its Lucy mission to target a skyscraper-sized asteroid

On Wednesday, NASA announced a new asteroid target for its Lucy mission. This brings the spacecraft's total asteroid tally up to nine.

Inverse

Scientists find two key ingredients for life in ancient meteors

Potassium and zinc were brought to Earth from distant space rocks.

Inverse

Look! JWST captures images of an asteroid with a ring playing peek-a-boo with a star

Two separate studies recently pointed JWST's instruments at Chariklo, the only asteroid in our Solar System with its own rings.

The Conversation

These 5 spectacular impact craters on Earth highlight our planet's wild history

I think all craters are cool, I’m just going to start with that. I am very biased.

Wales Online

Green comet not seen for 50,000 years now visible in night skies over UK

The comet was spotted crashing out of the Oort cloud on the edge of the solar system last year, and is now heading towards the Sun

The Guardian - AU

Space dust from 4.2bn-year-old asteroid could hold key to preventing cataclysmic collisions with Earth

Rubble pile asteroid is almost as old as the solar system, a sign that it can withstand great shocks and may be difficult to destroy, research suggests

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