The farthest known object in the solar system has been confirmed. Farfaurot, a giant rock found at a distance of about 132 astronomical units from the Sun in 2018, has been studied and characterized, and now we know a lot more about it and its orbit. It is around 400 …
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Earth’s second moon will approach Earth before going into space next week, never to be seen again. “Which other moon,” you ask? Astronomers call it 2020 SO – a small object that orbited Earth between our planet and the Moon in September 2020. Temporary satellites like these are known as …
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The Egyptian mummy that was adorned with the portrait of the woman was a surprise – the body of a child who died when he was only 5 years old. Now, scientists have learned more about the mysterious girl and her burial, thanks to high-resolution scans and X-ray “microbeams” that …
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In the cold, gad medium of helium-3 excess fluid, scientists recently made an unexpected discovery. Foreign objects traveling through the medium can exceed critical speed limits without breaking the delicate excess fluid. As opposed to our understanding of this excess fluid, it presents quite a puzzle – but now, by …
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We all know and love our moon. It has been a constant companion of the earth for billions of years, the mainstay of the sky. But he is not our only ally. Now and then, a few months or years before returning to space – a small object is temporarily …
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