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This spacecraft swarm could spot interstellar visitors zipping through our solar system
"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
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Why is everything in space always moving?
Nothing in our universe stands still: Earth orbits the sun, the sun circles the galaxy, and even galaxies are constantly on the move. So why is everything in space in motion? It all comes down to ...
Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space
A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...
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The Solar System Passed Through a Massive Cosmic Wave Millions of Years Ago — And This May Have Cooled Earth
it could serve as a cosmic fingerprint of the Solar System’s passage through the wave. However, finding this evidence won’t be easy. “Looking back in time is hard—no matter if you’re doing it in space ...
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The solar system was once engulfed by a vast wave of gas and dust
The stars as seen from Earth would have looked dimmer 14 million years ago, as the solar system was in the middle of passing ...
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Earth is screaming through space at 1.3 million mph. A simple animation by a former NASA scientist shows what that looks like.
the solar system's orbit around the Milky Way's center, and the galaxy hurtling through space. The dots moving across the right side of the animation show how quickly each object travels 150 ...
Northern lights forecast: March starts off promising
A minor geomagnetic storm is forecast for Wednesday March 5. Chances remain strong for seeing the aurora borealis in the ...
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How fast does the Earth move through space?
Even if we don’t feel it, our little blue planet—and everything on it—is hurtling through space at incredible ... within the Solar System. But that’s not all: we are moving within the ...