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Close-up of black meteorite

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Meteorite from Mars traced to crater where it was ejected by impact

Researchers used a supercomputer to analyse thousands of images of craters on Mars to find one that matched the properties of an unusual rock

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Flash seen on Jupiter

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Enormous impact flash seen lighting up Jupiter’s atmosphere

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James Webb Space Telescope Artist Conception Artist conception of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA GSFC/CIL/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez

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James Webb Space Telescope was hit by a tiny space rock – but it’s OK

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Image of the broken fragments surrounding Fragment B of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 observed with FORS1 on ESO's VLT in four filters (B, V, R, and I). As the telescope was tracking the comet, the stars appear as coloured trails, indicating the order in which the comet was observed in the different filters. North is up and East is to the left.

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Watch out for comet SW3, which might cause a meteor shower in late May

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