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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.
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 ...
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The Harry Potter Star Who Almost Played Bellatrix Lestrange Before Helena Bonham Carter - MSN
Helena Bonham Carter's Bellatrix Lestrange ranks among the best villains in the "Harry Potter" franchise (or worst, depending on how you judge evil characters). She's one of Lord Voldemort's ...
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Binary star system found in the Milky Way is the new cosmic ray monster
A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...
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Astronomy 101: Admire the many colors of the night sky - Cincinnati Enquirer
Bellatrix is one of the hottest stars in this part of the galaxy at almost 39,000 degrees Fahrenheit (Betelgeuse is only 5,800 degrees). The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, aka the Dog ...
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Binary star system with millisecond pulsar and a helium star companion discovered - Phys.org
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A binary star system has been identified consisting of a millisecond pulsar and a helium-rich companion star with a mass between 1 and 1.6 M☉ ...
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Bellatrix Star wins again - RACING.COM
Bellatrix Star took her overall record to four wins from eight starts and Walker’s Cranbourne-based assistant trainer Ben Gleeson said it was a “confidence-booster” to see the filly step up again ...
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Bellatrix Aerospace’s Green Revolution: The Push For Clean Satellites
Cofounder Karanam claims Bellatrix’s green propellant system offers a more sustainable solution with over 60% reduction in handling costs compared to hydrazine. Additionally, it has more than 35 ...
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Entire planetary system of four tiny exoplanets found orbiting the nearest single star to the sun | CNN
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 light-years from Earth.
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Will we ever reach Alpha Centauri, our closest neighboring star system?
But reaching this star system would be no small feat. NASA estimates that, using a space shuttle like NASA's now-retired 122-foot-long (38 meters) Discovery , it would take close to 150,000 years ...