Comet From Another Solar System Approaching Sun—What We Know

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gathered significant scientific attention, and soon it will reach its closest point to ...
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A rare interstellar comet is headed our way. Here's how you could view it

A rare visitor from another star system has been spotted. It's the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and it was detected on July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS ...

Planet Y? Astronomers find fresh clues of hidden world in our solar system

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...
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Pluto isn’t a planet — but it gives us clues for how the solar system formed

This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe. Check out the rest of the series. If you were born in the last century you might ...
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When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline

A tiny meteorite is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about the origins of our solar system. New evidence found in shavings from a meteorite known as Northwest Africa 12264 — a 50-gram (1.8 ...