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Early Jupiter Shaped Earth's Formation Zone, Study Finds

High-resolution simulations link the gas giant’s rapid birth to disk rings that delayed a second generation of solids.

Earth Gains Seventh Quasi-Moon as 2025 PN7 Confirmed in Co-Orbital Path

NASA Confirms Earth’s Temporary Quasi-Satellite as Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Nears Perihelion

NASA Confirms Tiny Asteroid 2025 PN7 as Earth’s Newest Quasi-Moon

Comet Lemmon Enters Peak Viewing Window for Naked‑Eye Spectacle Oct. 25–31

NASA Confirms Tiny Asteroid 2025 PN7 as Earth’s Quasi-Moon Through 2083

Orionids Peak Tonight Under Dark Skies

Ancient Mantle Rocks Reveal Potassium-40 Deficit Linked to Surviving Proto‑Earth

Comet Lemmon Makes Closest Approach Oct. 20–21 With Prime Viewing Under New Moon

MIT Team Finds Potassium-40 Anomaly That Points to Surviving Proto‑Earth Mantle

Twin Green Comets Brighten For Best Views Under Next Week’s New Moon

Reddit Time-Lapse Maps the Sun’s Figure-Eight, Showcasing an Everyday Analemma

Twin Green Comets Enter Prime Viewing Week Before Closest Approaches

Comets Lemmon and SWAN Poised for Best Viewing Oct. 20–21

Study Recasts Moon’s Largest Crater as Northerly Glancing Impact That Sharpens Artemis Science Goals

ESA Spacecraft Track Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Near Mars as Perihelion Nears

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

Webb Makes First Direct Chemical Reading of a Moon-Forming Disk Around CT Cha b

Study Flags Hidden Venus Co-Orbitals That Could Drift Into Earth-Crossing Paths

Study Pinpoints a Dry Proto‑Earth Within 3 Million Years, Bolstering Theia Water‑Delivery Theory