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LRO Finds McGetchin, a 222‑Meter Moon Crater

The dataset lets scientists test impact physics, inform rover and lander design, guide base site selection.

Webb Reveals 3I/ATLAS as an Ancient Comet Born in a Frigid, Metal‑Poor Environment

SETI Finds No Radio Signs From Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS

Hubble Spots First Known Comet Spin Reversal

Ryugu Samples Contain All Five DNA and RNA Bases, Peer-Reviewed Study Finds

ALMA Finds Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Strikingly Methanol‑Rich With Unusual Outgassing

JUICE Releases Best-Yet Image of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as Data Flow Begins

Bennu Samples Show Amino Acids Likely Formed in Icy, Radioactive Environments

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

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