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Extremely eccentric minor planet to visit inner solar system this decade

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The outskirts of our solar system is teeming with mysterious objects – and now one of them is heading our way. Astronomers have discovered a minor planet that’s about to make its closest pass to the Sun on its 600,000-year orbit.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Extremely eccentric minor planet to visit inner solar system this decade→

Dinosaur extinction may have resulted from death of “sungrazing” comet

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A new study is questioning the origin of the body that smashed into Earth’s surface millions of years ago, causing a global extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. According to the research, the impactor may have originated from a massive sphere… Continue reading Dinosaur extinction may have resulted from death of “sungrazing” comet→