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Rubin Observatory Unveils 11,000 Newly Discovered Asteroids

The validated haul previews a faster era of small‑body discovery powered by Rubin’s giant camera plus UW‑built detection software.

Comet MAPS Skims the Sun on Saturday With Fate Uncertain

Earth Formed Entirely from Inner Solar System Material, Study Finds

Sungrazer Comet MAPS Faces Make-or-Break Sun Brush April 4–5

Hubble Spots First Known Comet Spin Reversal

Hayabusa2’s Ryugu Samples Confirm All Five DNA/RNA Bases, Pointing to Space-Born Formation Clues

Hubble Accidentally Captures Comet C/2025 K1 Breaking Into Pieces in Rare Real-Time View

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

Six-Planet ‘Parade’ Peaks Tonight in Brief Twilight Window

JWST Charts Uranus’s Upper Atmosphere in 3D, Exposing Auroral Bands and a Cooling Trend

Sun Registers First Spotless Days Since 2022 as New Sunspots Reappear

Chandra Maps Hot Astrosphere Around Young Sun-Like Star HD 61005

New Simulations Show Gravitational Collapse Can Build Kuiper Belt 'Snowman' Worlds

New Analysis Finds Comet 41P Likely Flipped Its Spin After Record 2017 Slowdown

Juno Data Refine Jupiter’s Size, Finding the Giant Slightly Smaller and More Flattened

New Kreutz Sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS) Could Become a Daylight Comet in April

Sunspot AR4366 Hurls X-Class Flares as CME Is Forecast to Brush Earth Thursday

NASA’s IMAP Begins Two-Year Mission to Map the Heliosphere’s Edge

Machine Learning Maps 400 Bright Slope Streaks on Mercury, Hinting at Ongoing Volatile Loss

SPHEREx Detects 20-Fold Post-Perihelion Surge in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS