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NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system
The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it ...
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A third visitor from another star is hurtling through the solar system
For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.
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The Universe Beyond Our Solar System: Discover the Secrets of Deep Space
When we gaze into the night sky, we see a tiny fraction of what lies beyond our Solar System. In the vastness of space, our Sun and its planets are but a speck of dust. There are thousands of stars ...
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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 ...
Astronomers Track Object That May Have Come From Another Star System
It's too soon to know whether the object is a rocky asteroid or an icy comet, or how big and what shape it is.
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.
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 ...
A rare celestial visitor from beyond our solar system is here now
S omething unusual is moving through our solar system -a fast, faint object now confirmed to have originated beyond it.