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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So far, we have found hundreds of stars with multiple planets scattered throughout the galaxy. Each one is unique, but 88 light-years away, the HD 158259, the star-orbiting system is truly special. The star itself is about the same mass and slightly larger than the sun – a minority in …
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On January 2, 2021, Earth is near Sun: In its elliptical orbit more than any other day of the year marking the annual event known as the Perihelion. The word perihilian is translated from the ancient Greek, meaning “close to the sun”. According to Earthsyki, the Earth’s perihelion was expected …
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Invisible structures created by the gravitational interaction in the solar system have formed the “space superhighway” network, astronomers have discovered. These channels enable rapid travel of objects through space, and can be used for our own space exploration purposes, as well as for the study of comets and asteroids. Using …
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