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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are an abundant class of organic molecules in space, playing a significant role in ...

Chiron is a class of comet-ish asteroids/asteroid-ish comets called centaurs – named after the half-human, half-horse hybrid ...

Researcher Noemí Pinilla-Alonso explained that the composition is uncharacteristic of objects near Neptune. Its gaseous and ...

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — In 2025, Hawai ʻ i will experience numerous opportunities for skywatchers to observe a variety of celestial events. So, KHON2.com did a bit of digging to find out what celestial ...

The Quadrantids’ radiant lies in the now-defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis, a region of the sky occupied by Boötes. It’s ...

The year 2025 promises to be packed with space exploration, including robotic expeditions to the moon, a new observatory and ...

Scientists still do not know where the water here on Earth came from. But two populations of so-called dark comets may tell us.

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