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D oes Thanksgiving with the extended family make you feel like an extraterrestrial landing at the dinner table? You’re not ...
For example, the first mile-sized planetesimals in our solar system–which grew to become celestial bodies like Earth or Jupiter’s core–formed right after the condensation of these same ...
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away.
Some homeowners associations don't let residents catch a break. An angry homeowner took to r/Solar for advice on their delayed solar panel project. "I own a townhome in California," the original ...
Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, speeding through our celestial neighborhood.
Something unusual is moving through our solar system —a fast, faint object now confirmed to have originated beyond it.
An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.
The comet is only the third known object originating outside of out solar system to pay us a visit.
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 ...
3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy.
The Last Time NASA's Voyager "Looked Back" At Our Solar System, This Is What It Saw Before it met the 30,000-50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our Solar System, Voyager 1 took its final images.
A possible dwarf planet, like Pluto, has been observed in our solar system, according to a preprint published in arXiv. The area of space where this planet was found was previously thought empty.