Astronomers have identified 3I/ATLAS, an ancient, ice-rich interstellar comet potentially older than our solar system.

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The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

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The space object, named Chiron, is believed to be a piece of rock measuring a whopping 130 miles wide at its broadest point - ...