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Astronomers Find ‘Punctum,’ a Bizarre Space Object That Might be Unlike Anything in the Universe

It started as a side note in a high-resolution ALMA observation. Elena Shablovinskaia and her team weren’t hunting for the weird. They were mapping the bright, active heart of NGC 4945 — a nearby ...
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A Huge Space Object Is Speeding Toward Earth, and a Harvard Expert Says It ‘Is Not Natural’

Imagine looking up at the night sky and spotting a huge, mysterious interstellar object racing through space, coming from far beyond our solar system. It is moving fast, and it seems to be heading in ...

How do astronauts adapt their grip and move objects when transitioning between Earth and space?

On Earth, people grip objects to ensure they don't fall. In space, this process changes: When astronauts hold an object ...
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Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS puzzles space agencies

Space agencies around the globe have launched an unprecedented wave of planetary defense exercises, all centered on a mysterious interstellar visitor that refuses to behave like anything scientists ...
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New observations suggest that our interstellar visitor may be a "primitive carbonaceous object", complete with "ice volcanoes".

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