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The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this week, and confirmed it was a ...

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The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...

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Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.

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If you have thought that the Earth is close to the sun in the summertime and that is why it is hotter this time of year, you ...

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