Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers at the University of Maryland (UMD), in College Park, Maryland,
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Second-ever interstellar comet contains alien water
Scientists have spotted signs of water as the object, 2I/Borisov, streaks towards the Sun. Astronomers have spotted signs of water
Continue readingComet gateway discovered to inner solar system, may alter fundamental understanding of comet evolution
A new study led by a University of Central Florida researcher may fundamentally alter our understanding of how comets arrive
Continue readingAll comets in the solar system might come from the same place
All comets might share their place of birth, new research says. For the first time ever, astronomer Christian Eistrup applied
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