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The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...
Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.
An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.
A comet has entered the Solar System from interstellar space and will pass through the inner planets later this year, NASA ...
NASA’s ATLAS survey telescope found an interstellar comet, which could be the largest yet, in the direction of the ...
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Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unlocked the depths of interstellar space with unprecedented clarity, offering humanity a high-resolution window into the cosmos. Harnessing this newfound ...
To Unlock Interstellar Travel, Scientists Are Building the World’s Most Powerful Laser Beam A lightsail built in one day could travel at 20 percent the speed of light. That shouldn’t be possible.
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...
An illustration of one of the twin Voyager spacecraft, which rely on radioisotope thermoelectric generators to convert heat into electricity, in interstellar space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech When ...
Cyanocoronene is now the largest individual PAH molecule confirmed in interstellar space, containing 24 carbon atoms in its core structure (excluding the cyano group).