Tag: Comet

Giant Comet Found Wandering Into Solar System

Astronomers have discovered that a massive object moving from the outer layers of the solar system will approach as close as Saturn’s orbit in the following decade. The comet, also known as 2014 UN271, was initially found thanks to the…
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NASA Spots a Comet in Unexpected Place

Judging by the size of the Oort cloud and the number of long-period comets that were seen until now, scientists estimate that there should be around one trillion comets in the Solar System. Therefore, we shouldn’t be too surprised when…
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How the Dinosaurs Got Extinct? New Theory Emerges

Until about 66 million years ago, there was no trace of humans on Earth and their exciting inventions like Artificial Intelligence, smartphones, and so on. Our planet was dominated by the dinosaurs, which were usually large creatures up to the…
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Interstellar Comet Borisov Is Unlike Any Other Known Comet

Comet Borisov is Earth’s second interstellar comet. Research showed how distinct yet odd the space object is. Astronomers were particularly fortunate with the comet observations until new studies proved them otherwise. Space telescopes ALMA and Hubble were directed at Borisov…
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