It’s 2021 and we finally don’t have to worry so much about our spaceship getting lost in interstellar space. Using the positions and changing light of stars, both near and far, astronomer …
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On October 19, 2017, the first detected interstellar object flew past Earth on its way out of the Solar System. Less than two years later, a second object was detected, an easily …
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The Weezer probe left our solar system years ago, yet when they travel through interstellar space, they are still detecting bursts of cosmic rays more than 23 billion kilometers (14 billion miles) …
Read More »Artistic concept of voyager spacecraft. The image: NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA’s Voyager spacecraft may have billions of miles and more than 40 years, but they are still building New research suggests that …
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At least one prebiotic molecule, a component for the creation of life, can form in the harsh environment of interstellar space, away from stars and planets, new research suggests. The amino acid …
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In November 2018, after an epic, 41-year journey, Vyjar 2 finally crossed that threshold, marking the extent of the Sun’s impact and entering interstellar space. But the mission of little investigation has …
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Radioactive dust under the waves of the sea suggests that the Earth is moving through a massive cloud that has been overtaken by an eruption star. Continually, for the last 33,000 years, …
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