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The outer solar system is a vast and mysterious place that could be harboring hidden objects we know almost nothing about — from the elusive Planet Nine and baby black holes to interstellar visitors and "planet killer" asteroids.

8 strange objects that could be hiding in the outer solar system

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NASA scientists have just identified mysterious shapes flying above the Earth but, don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that aliens are about to strike.Using an imaging instrument called the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD), the experts uncovered strange X and C shapes, which have been cropping up in surprising places at surprising times.The researchers found the structures dancing around the ionosphere – the area where Earth’s atmosphere meets space – and say that the discovery could help improve radio communications and space weather forecasts.The ionosphere – which sits around 50 to 400 miles (roughly 80 to 644 kilometres)...

NASA scientists discover strange structures hovering above Earth

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We've received a strange signal from across the galaxy, and astronomers are struggling to understand what it means.
They know what's emitting the signals. It's a  neutron star named ASKAP J193505.1+214841.0 (ASKAP J1935+2148 for short), located in the plane of the Milky Way, some 15,820 light-years from Earth.



					
			

But the signals themselves are like none we've ever seen before. The star goes through periods of strong pulses, periods of weak pulses, and periods of no pulses at all.
What we don't know, according to a team led by astrophysicist Manisha Caleb of the University of Sydney in Australia, is why. The strange object...

Strange Radio Signal From Deep Space Baffles Scientists

Scientists at NASA collected radar images as two asteroids made recent close passes of Earth, and the data revealed that one of the space rocks has a tiny moon.

New images reveal an asteroid that just whizzed by Earth has an unexpected companion

An asteroid around the size of the Washington Monument is set to flash by Earth this month. The so-named 2024 MK asteroid will come even closer than the orbit of the moon on June 29 and is estimated to be around 394 to 885 feet in diameter. The asteroid could pass some 50,000 miles closer than the moon, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

NASA warns Washington Monument-sized asteroid will come closer to Earth than the Moon

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Whenever you come across a sexy and extremely attractive person, bear in mind that such physical attributes may be influenced by their zodiac signs. Among all the signs of the zodiac, some signs tend to be more attractive than others. This is usually based on the planets that rule these signs and other astrological energies that could make them more appealing.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Sexy

As Webb continues changing how astronomers and scientists view the Universe, its ability to capture objects in high-resolution has aided in unveiling new features in spots studied for decades. Such is the case with Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and a new feature that took astronomers by surprise. In an...

NASA's Space Telescope Unravels Jupiter's Atmosphere And It's Not What Anyone Expected

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It's possible our movement through the galaxy may affect our climate.

Encounter Between Sun And "Something Outside The Solar System" May Have Dramatically Cooled Earth

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The photograph was captured from the above the planet's surface on April 19, 2022.

Fact Check: What to Know About 'Otherworldly Wreckage' on Mars Spotted by NASA

From "runaway" black holes shooting across the cosmos to secret planets in our own backyard, space is overrun with mysterious objects that scientists are clamoring to explain. Here are five of the strangest sights in the universe, as well as their possible origins.

5 space discoveries that scientists are struggling to explain

It has been a busy week for potentially hazardous asteroids.

NASA Discovers Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Has A Moonlet During Close Encounter


In December 2019, astronomers were stunned when the core of a relatively sedate galaxy 300 million light-years away abruptly lit up like a Christmas tree, shining more brightly than we've ever seen it.



					
			

A giant  black hole that kicked into gear and started guzzling material from the space around it is the best explanation for such a dim galaxy that suddenly blazes with light. Other events, like exploding stars, can cause a distant galaxy to brighten – but, typically, those events fade over time.
SDSS1335+0728, as the galaxy is known, did not do the typical thing. In fact, it has grown...

Astronomers Witness Monster Black Hole Awaken And Begin Feeding Frenzy

There are eight planets in our solar system – plus poor old Pluto, which was demoted in 2006 – but what if there were more?Turns out that might be the case. Astronomers have calculated there is a 7 per cent chance that Earth has another neighbour hiding in the Oort cloud, a spherical region of ice chunks and rocks that is tens of thousands of times farther from the sun than we are.“It’s completely plausible for our solar system to have captured such an Oort cloud planet,” said Nathan Kaib, a co-author on the work and an astronomer at the...

Scientists discover secret planet hiding in our solar system

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Astrophysicists led by the University of Cambridge have detected the earliest black hole ever observed, emitting light from its host galaxy just 400 million years after the Big Bang. The black hole in the galaxy GN-z11 is exceptionally massive, about 1.6 million times the mass of the Sun. This finding supports the direct collapse model of supermassive black hole formation in the early Universe, challenging the conventional view of slow accretion from massive stars.

Discovery of Ancient Black Hole Challenges Conventional Cosmic Models

No need to worry, NASA has it all under control.

The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid NASA Is Currently Most Concerned About

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a shortcut to steer clear of a path riddled with boulders — and stumbled into a field full of stones the likes of which scientists have never seen before on the Red Planet. On its fourth campaign since landing three years ago, the tireless...

NASA Rover Discovers Strange Stones, Never Before Seen on Mars

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The newly discovered twins both emit jets of gas from their north and south poles and are among a group of stars called WL 20.

NASA says star studied for decades is actually this: 'Our jaws dropped'

Astronomers have recently identified two new satellite galaxies, Virgo III and Sextans II, orbiting the Milky Way, raising significant questions about our understanding of dark matter and the structure of our galaxy. An Unexpected Discovery. The newly found dwarf galaxies, discovered using the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program (SSP),...

Discovery of Missing Dwarf Galaxies Raises New Questions for Astronomers

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A recent discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirmed that luminous, very red objects previously detected in the early universe upend conventional thinking about the origins and evolution of galaxies and their supermassive black holes. An international team, led by Penn State...

Tiny bright objects discovered at dawn of universe baffle scientists

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Dartboard or Doughnut? Iron Meteorites Reveal Shape of Our Infant Solar System

Fragments from the early cosmos help unravel the mystery of our solar system’s birth. Iron meteorites are remnants of the metallic cores of the earliest asteroids...

Dartboard or Doughnut? Iron Meteorites Reveal Shape of Our Infant Solar System

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