Astronomers surveying the outer solar system have revealed that a rare object far beyond Neptune is moving in sync with the eighth planet in an unexpected way. Called 2020 VN40 and first discovered in ...
Sometime in 2029, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch its Comet Interceptor Mission. The Interceptor will wait for a long-period comet to arrive in the inner solar system then set off on ...
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The interstellar visitor list: 5 objects that passed through our solar system unexplained
Every few years, something slips through our cosmic neighborhood that doesn't belong here. It arrives from somewhere out past ...
This cosmic visitor is now officially named 3I/ATLAS, and it appears to be a comet from another solar system. Reading time 3 minutes Update: July 3, 09:24 a.m. ET: On Wednesday, July 2, the ...
Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our solar system—only the third ever spotted, though scientists suspect many more may slip past unnoticed. The ...
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Telescopes Reveal Surprising Chemistry of a Rare Interstellar Object Passing Through Our Solar System
Earlier this year, on July 1, a 20-inch telescope in the Rio Hurtado Valley of Chile was conducting its nightly survey when it detected something remarkable. One of five telescopes in the NASA-funded ...
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