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The spacecraft left Earth in September 2007, is expected to place itself in Ceres' orbit late Thursday night

In doing so, they can even encourage or pull the plug on the emergence and evolution of alien lifeforms

Astronomers say the planet's surface is heated to about 1,800 degrees Celsius (nearly 3300 degrees Fahrenheit)

In fact, astronomers believe that this star flew straight through the Oort Cloud that marks the Solar System's edge

On February 14, 1990, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully imaged the Solar System from far, far away

The planets, discovered using NASA's Kepler satellite, are somewhat similar to celestial bodies in our Solar System

Researchers claim to have found evidence that two undocumented dwarf planets are hiding well beyond Pluto

The comet dust was pulled from ice samples collected from a depth of about 58 feet (roughly 18 meters)

“Wanderers” is the brainchild of digital artist Erik Wernquist, comprises recreations of actual cosmic places

Having reached the asteroid, the spacecraft will blast a hole in it, collect samples and return them to Earth

The star sits at a distance of about 63 light-years from the Sun, scientists say it's been around for 20 million years

The comet, dubbed Siding Spring, is expected to get as close as 87,000 miles (139,500 kilometers) from the Red Planet

Hollywood has until now sold us dozens of such doomsday scenarios, it's high time we heard one from scientists

Astronomers believe to have found signs of windy weather around a star that is the infant version of our Sun

Such clouds have never before been found on a body orbiting a star other than our Sun

The particles were brought to Earth by NASA's Stardust spacecraft, scientists explain

At its equator, the planet rotates at 25 kilometers per second (15.5 miles per second)