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A vast molecular cloud, long invisible, is discovered near the solar system
The vast ball of hydrogen, long invisible to scientists, was revealed by looking for its main constituent – molecular hydrogen. The finding marks the first time a molecular cloud has been detected using far-ultraviolet light and opens the way to further explorations with this approach.
Scientists have unveiled an enormous gas cloud just 300 light-years from the solar system that measures about full 40 moons ...
An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...
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Giant sunspot 15 times Earth's width unleashes solar furyA sunspot spanning 15 Earths in width has emerged on the Sun ... this colossal sunspot can trigger effects akin to the 1859 solar storm. Given today's highly electrified world, the impact on ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets first images of 'strikingly complicated' asteroid that will shed light on early solar systemNASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.
Every object in our Solar System is held in place by the Sun’s ... the distance from the Sun that Earth is and eleven times the width of Earth. Jupiter is so huge that it is twice as massive ...
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The solar system was once engulfed by a vast wave of gas and dustOne of the closest and best-studied of these is the Radcliffe wave, which is nearly 9000 light years in width and sits only about 400 light years from our solar system. Read more Dozens of stars ...
Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system, there's an unseen giant planet. "This is the 5th largest planet in our solar system, lurking out there ...
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