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A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping the orbits of the four outer planets, a new study suggests.

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You might think it is just a sphere, like the rest of the planets. But Earth or any other ... Excerpted with permission from I Am the Universe: The History and Future of the Cosmos, Srijan Pal ...

In this series, we cover provocative questions in astronomy. This week: the mysterious extragalactic signals known as Fast ...

This artist’s concept shows how the universe ... Planets and Exoplanets” by James Gladstone, illustrated by Yaara Eshet, published in 2024 by Owlkids Books Inc. This delightful and informative picture ...

Our home planet is bombarded with particles from outer space all the time. And while we are mostly familiar with the rocky meteorites originating from within our solar system that create fascinating ...

Researchers found for the first time evidence that even microquasars containing a low-mass star are efficient particle accelerators, which leads to a significant impact on the interpretation of the ...