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Second mysterious interstellar space object to fly through our solar system has an official name
Now it officially has a name — 2I/Borisov. The 2I represents that it’s the second interstellar…
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A new image of a mysterious object careening toward our solar system strongly suggests it's the first comet from another star system
Gennady Borisov, an amateur astronomer in Crimea, first spotted C/2019 Q4 in the sky on August 30. …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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A second mysterious object from interstellar space may be about to fly through our solar system
"It's so exciting, we're basically looking away from all of our other projects right now," Olivier …
Dave Mosher,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Astronomers have discovered a bizarre-looking object that came from outside our solar system
Astronomers recently discovered a bizarre-looking object in our solar system that's unlike anything…
Gene Kim,Jessica Orwig
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Mysterious space objects like 'Oumuamua will visit our solar system again. Scientists may intercept the next one with a robotic probe.
In November 2017, Trilling and others published a study suggesting that current telescopes may see …
Dave Mosher
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Mysterious interstellar 'Oumuamua' object could be a solar-powered alien probe, Harvard scientists say
Instead, it had dived between Mercury and the sun and was zooming past Earth on its way out of our …
Alex Lockie
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NASA's Hubble space telescope just took incredible photos of a visiting comet from another star system
"New comets are always unpredictable," Max Mutchler, another member of the Hubble team, said in the…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A Harvard-led team is launching a new project to search for physical evidence of aliens and their technology
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb is leading the Galileo Project, a program that will search for signs of ext…
Aylin Woodward
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The bizarre interstellar object 'Oumuamua that flew through our solar system was almost definitely not aliens, a new study says
The limits of information gathered about the object left room for scientists to offer guesses about…
Aylin Woodward,Dave Mosher
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NASA Confirms That Voyager 1 Has Left The Solar System
Scientists know this because the plasma, or ionized gas, in interstellar space has higher density t…
Dina Spector
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Astronomers may have seen the first 'alien' space rock from beyond our solar system - but some have doubts
The main question is whether A/2017 U1 has an orbit that's elliptical (oval-shaped and around the s…
Dave Mosher
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A bizarre interstellar object called 'Oumuamua continues to perplex astronomers a year after it vanished. Here's why a few scientists still wonder if it was alien.
However, Olivier Hainaut, an astronomer with the European Southern Observatory, told Business Insid…
Dave Mosher
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The mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua was a chunk of planet from another solar system, a new study says
Some astronomers think space object 'Oumuamua could have been an alien spaceship. But new research …
Aylin Woodward
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A mysterious green comet is approaching Earth and could be visible to the naked eye soon. Here's how to see it.
Comet Nishimura is already visible with small telescopes. If it survives the sun, it will be visibl…
Marianne Guenot
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A Harvard professor has claimed in his new book that alien debris passed near Earth in 2017. It has attracted both skepticism and intrigue.
An extraterrestrial object passed close to Earth in 2017, wrote Harvard University astronomer Avi L…
Kevin Shalvey
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A weird, cigar-shaped object flew through the solar system last year. Now astronomers may know where it came from.
By comparing the historic path of 'Oumuamua against these millions of stars, the team discovered fo…
Dave Mosher
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The Physics Refresher You Need To Read To Understand 'Interstellar'
This is because wormholes are essentially shortcuts through space. Any object with mass will create…
Jessica Orwig
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The farthest spacecraft from Earth has detected a 'hum' in the space beyond our solar system
The Voyager 1 probe left our solar system nearly a decade ago. It recently detected a faint hum mad…
Aylin Woodward
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Media Totally Blows News About Voyager 1 Leaving The Solar System
Data from the spacecraft, measured last June, showed that the intensity of energetic particles from…
Dina Spector
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A $100 million mission to find alien life has chosen its most unusual target yet
Earlier this year, astronomers discovered what they think could be the first-ever-observed interste…