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‘Space ice’ found in comets isn’t much like water on Earth after all
New research suggests that the makeup of space ice might be quite a bit different than we previously believed.
Mystery space rock blazing through solar system ‘may be oldest comet ever seen’ – and there’s a chance you can spot it
AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...
Mystery discovery in space is most likely the 'oldest comet ever seen', say researchers
The object seems to be travelling on a steep path - suggesting it came from the Milky Way's "thick disk", an area of ancient ...
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NASA Astronomers Just Discovered a Comet that Flew Here from Interstellar Space
The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...
Astronomers think newly discovered comet may be way older than the sun
After running a new kind of computer simulation, scientists believe the comet originated from a rarely seen corner of the ...
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A rare interstellar comet is headed our way in October. Here's how you could view it
Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...
Space Ice Is Actually Really Weird, Scientists Say
The discovery resets our understanding of how ice behaves in the frigid vastness of deep space and could influence our ...