...being a would-be interstellar visitor rather than a local inhabitant of the Solar System knocked off its course. So far, the visitor part is all...only that the object likely originated from outside our solar system, but also that it will leave and head...
...300 minor planets located in the far reaches of the Solar System, including 139 new objects that were not previously published... objects (TNOs). TNOs are any minor planet in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than ...
... it another way, CO is more than three times higher than previously measured for any comet in the inner (<2.5 au) Solar System. Because the comet is so rich in CO, it likely originated in a very cold region probably beyond the CO ice-line in a region...
... that window would have meant missing the appointment with our target, comet Wirtanen. Everything in the Solar System constantly moves, including our starting place, our destination and the planets we wanted to use as slingshots to accelerate...
...to Earth. Alpha Centauri, the target destination for the Breakthrough Starshot project, is the closest star system to our Solar System. This image shows Alpha Centauri (left) and Beta Centauri (right). Sponsorship An interesting, alternative approach...
... on Earth and, indeed, in few other places in the solar system. The cratered terrain is formed from what have been called ‘... treat the Moon as just another resource, some sort of solar system supermarket. What is missing in the debate is what rights ...