What is the closest any object has gotten to the sun?
Mercury, the closest world to the sun, can get 3 times closer to our star than Earth does. Asteroids and comets can get much, much more detailed. (Image credit: NASA’s…
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Astronomers spot the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting our galaxy’s monster black hole
Astronomers have actually found the closest, fastest star ever seen orbiting Sagittarius A * (Sgr A *), the 4.3 million-solar-mass great void at the heart of our galaxy. The faint…
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