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Astronomers have spotted the most distant comet ever discovered
This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...
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Wispy comet photobombs 'rare' planetary parade above Chile's Atacama Desert (photos)
The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in ...
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NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way's shape: 'The universe seems to like spirals!'
Astronomers have discovered that billions of comets in an icy shell around the solar system called the Oort Cloud mimic the ...
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Uranus Was Discovered In 1781, And It Was Completely By Accident
On March 13, 1781, the seventh planet in our solar system, Uranus, was discovered completely by accident. An amateur ...
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THIS planet was discovered 244 years ago! 7 unique things to know about this blue planet
This planet was discovered 244 years ago on 13th March 1781 by William Herschel. Here are 7 UNIQUE things to know about this ...
NASA supercomputer detects a disturbing spiral in the solar system. What’s going on?
The NASA boffins in white coats and thick-rimmed glasses have detected new signals that show the Oort cloud - the spooky shell of icy objects at the very edge of our solar system - might have ...
Keep an eye on Venus to help spot the rest of the planet parade in the night sky, astronomers say
Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s ...
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Features of our solar system
The planet Uranus takes about 84 Earth years (or 30,688 ... Comets are icy objects, which orbit the sun at very large distances. Halley's Comet is a very famous comet that was first recorded ...