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Interstellar object 'headed for Earth' as scientists race to find out what it is
The ESA says the object - which has been designated A11pl3Z - is currently several hundred million miles away from Earth, ...
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.
Inbound: Astronomers discover third interstellar object
Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a curious new object started flashing across the message boards.
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 ...
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New Approach For Interstellar Navigation Was Tested On A Spacecraft 9 Billion Kilometers Away
But researchers have just demonstrated that once you are far away from the planets of the Solar System, there might be a ...
First close-up view of "cotton candy" nebula captured by world's largest cosmic telescope
A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...
Cosmic Feast: Massive Star Spotted Devouring Gas at an Astounding Rate
Astronomers uncover how massive stars form by tracking interstellar ammonia. Using the U.S. National Science Foundation ...