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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 ...
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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.
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.
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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 ...
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.
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.