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Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object
"Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing through the Solar System!" the agency's Operations account shared on Bluesky. "ESA’s Planetary Defenders are observing the object, provisionally known as #A11pl3Z, right now using telescopes around the world."
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Did something just hit Saturn? Astronomers are racing to find outAround seven asteroids or comets are thought to hit Saturn ever year, but we have never spotted one in the act. Now, it seems ...
Astronomy on MSN7h
‘Strange binary’: Astronomers discover a pulsar and a helium star orbiting each otherOnly a few dozen of these short-lived binaries exist in the galaxy at a time, making the serendipitous find extremely ...
"This tangible evidence of a double detonation not only contributes towards solving a long-standing mystery, but also offers ...
Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...
Astronomy on MSN3d
Astronomers race to learn more about third interstellar visitorNewfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.
Astronomers have finally caught a dying star in space going out with a bang — and then another bang. The new photographic ...
We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it’s not difficult for most of us to ...
The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...
Scientists have observed a new type of black hole that is too heavy to have been born from a star but still too slim to … The ...
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