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It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
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New Horizons images enable first test of interstellar navigation
By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...
Mysterious object from 'another star system' is 'waking up' while heading towards Earth
The European Space Agency (ESA) has detected what could be only the third known object to enter our solar system from ...
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Astronomers Excited By Discovery of Live Activity on Large Comet on The Edge of The Solar System
The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, located in the Oort Cloud, was observed by the ALMA to record the first evidence of active ...
Three years of science: Ten cosmic surprises from NASA's Webb telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...
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How a Passing Star Could Oust Planets from the Solar System
Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to oblivion ...
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New Approach For Interstellar Navigation Was Tested On A Spacecraft 9 Billion Kilometers Away
But researchers have just demonstrated that once you are far away from the planets of the Solar System, there might be a ...
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Earth could be knocked out of its orbit by passing stars
Mercury’s risk of orbital disruption rises by 50–80%. There’s a 0.3% chance Mars could be lost through collision or ejection, ...