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Astronomers have reconstructed the first 100 million years of the Oort cloud.

Mystery of the gigantic Oort cloud explained Astronomers possibly solve the mystery of how the enormous Oort cloud, with over 100 billion comet-like objects, was formed.

The rock, found in the Sahara, is 4.5 billion years old and likely came from a long-lost baby protoplanet.

Scientists discover meteorite older than Earth that likely came from a "protoplanet" The rock, found in the Sahara, likely comes from a long-lost baby protoplanet.

The universe is expanding, with every galaxy beyond the Local Group speeding away from us.

94% of the universe's galaxies are permanently beyond our reach Even if we left today, at the speed of light, we'd never catch up to these unreachable galaxies as dark energy expands the universe.

The 'Dunning-Kruger effect' in action.

People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable "cat people" are worse at interacting with cats, observational study finds