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Kilometre-scale Jovian moon characterized for a potential JUICE flyby

July 25, 2026

Minor Planet Center. Natural Satellites Ephemeris Service (IAU Minor Planet Center, accessed 28 May 2026); https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/NatSats/NaturalSatellites.html Sheppard, S.…

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High nitrogen and carbon isotopic ratios in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

July 7, 2026

Williams, G. V. et al. Comet C/2017 u1 (PanSTARRS). Minor Planet Electronic Circulars 2017-U181 (2017). Denneau, L. et…

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Detection of an atmosphere on a trans-Neptunian object beyond Pluto

May 5, 2026

Mommert, M. et al. TNOs are cool: a survey of the trans-Neptunian region. V. Physical characterization of 18…

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‘Make Pluto a planet again’? NASA chief revives debate that divides astronomers

May 1, 2026

Will Pluto become a planet again?Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Many of us are…

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A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu

March 16, 2026

Extraction and purification of organic molecules from samples The Ryugu A0480 (11.9 mg) and C0370 (8.3 mg) aggregate samples were…