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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New Type of Astronomical Object Discovered: RELHIC
Astronomers utilizing the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have actually validated the presence of starless, hydrogen-rich things controlled by dark matter. Called Reionization-Limited H I Clouds (RELHICs), these things are antiques…
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Trans-Neptunian Object Quaoar Has Two Moons, New Study Suggests
The newly-discovered moon has actually an approximated size of 38 km (23.6 miles) and a V magnitude of 28, most likely making it the faintest satellite ever discovered around a…
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Kuiper-Belt Object Altjira is Likely a Hierarchical Triple System
Altjira, likewise called 2001 UQ18, lies in the external reaches of the Solar System, 6 billion km (3.7 billion miles) away, or 44 times the range in between Earth and…
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