About 18 years ago, a ground-breaking computer study revealed that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, plays an important role in protecting Earth from comets in the solar system. When the study was recently revisited, astronomers found that the issue is considerably more complex.
Apparently, the gas g... |
16 March 2012
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According to the results of a new scientific investigation, it would appear that the Sun may have stolen a large number of comets from nearby stars. It is now estimated that around 5 percent of the bodies in the Oort Cloud did not form in the solar system.
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29 February 2012
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According to the conclusions of the latest scientific study on the issue, there is no Death Star-type celestial object skimming the outskirts of our solar system, ready to annihilate our planet in 2012.There are currently no documented instances in which a research was able to identify any type of discernible threat ... |
8 August 2011
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A telescope instrument designed to search Earth's surroundings for dangerous asteroids and other near-Earth objects (NEO) discovered a new comet earlier this month. The space object will carry out a flyby around our planet in 2013. Based on data available at this point, astronomers estimate that it will take two... |
17 June 2011
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In-depth analyses of 101 year's worth of comet data is beginning to indicate that indeed a large, dark, Jupiter-sized object may be roaming the outskirts of the solar system, destabilizing it, and throwing comets towards the Sun and the inner planets. The new data also indicates that around 20 percent of the com... |
30 November 2010
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Assuming we find a way of mitigating the damage we are currently doing on our planet, our children living 1.5 million years in the future could be in a heap of trouble. According to astronomers, there is an 86 percent chance of a nearby orange dwarf star colliding with our solar system eons from now, possibly impacti... |
12 March 2010
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A part of the international astronomical community believes that the outer fringes of our solar system may contain planets the size of the Earth or Mars. While the idea previously seemed implausible, new data seem to point out that this belief may not be that far-fetched. Even if this turns out to be true, scientists... |
4 January 2010
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The concept of solar sails, devices that would rely on solar winds and photons to power up spacecraft traveling through the solar system and beyond, has been around for quite some time now. Although some of the materials theoretically needed for them have been developed, and even a few not-that-successful attempts ha... |
19 August 2009
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According to a new scientific study, previous knowledge of how comets originate in the Kuiper's Belt, the exterior asteroid belt of our solar system, is wrong. The paper reveals that the “pathways” these celestial bodies use to get from their birth grounds in Earth's vicinity are fairly safe for... |
31 July 2009
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The prevalent concept has it that every 100 million years or so, stars come close enough to our solar system for them to crash on the multitude of objects in the Oort cloud and place them on a course towards our planetary system. But a team of Swedish researchers argued that the rate of the star-created comets is not... |
12 December 2008
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