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Only the Third Ever Detected Interstellar Object May Be Whizzing Through Our Solar System Right Now
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
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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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 ...
Study claims a passing star could fling Earth out of the solar system
New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.
Scientists tracking ‘interstellar’ object that has come to us from another solar system
Scientists believe that many more such objects regularly pass by the Earth, with a number of them flying relatively near to ...
The James Webb telescope has just found its first alien planet... and it looks like nothing in our solar system
NASA’s James Webb telescope captured its first direct image of a distant gas giant, revealing groundbreaking insights into ...
QuickCheck: Is there a planet in our solar system that spins the wrong way?
The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...