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Strange Objects Are Flying Through Our Solar System — And Now NASA Wants to Chase Them
Astronomers have confirmed that interstellar objects—cosmic bodies originating from other stars—are passing through our solar ...
Astrophysicists Discover That Millions of Interstellar Objects Could Be Hiding in Our Solar System
A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...
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This spacecraft swarm could spot interstellar visitors zipping through our solar system
"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...
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How to spot Haumea, one of the solar system's strangest objects
Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet in our solar system's outer reaches. Now is an ideal time to look for the egg-shaped Haumea, says Abigail Beall ...
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2 newly found exoplanets reignite an outstanding question about our solar system
Credit: Martin Farnir Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than just dazzling streaks of light as meteors, these ancient fragments are among ...
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Our solar system is not as unusual as we thought
Astronomers have discovered more than 300 exoplanetary ... in many cases closer than Mercury is to the Sun. Our solar system, in contrast, appears to be different. “[Planetary scientists ...
Webb telescope finds strongest clue yet of life beyond our solar system
Scientists using the James Webb Telescope have detected a gas on K2-18b that, on Earth, is only produced by living ...
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Mysterious objects from other stars are passing through our solar system. Scientists are planning missions to study them up close
In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast moving body using the world’s most powerful telescopes. It was ...