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Sorry, E.T. fans: Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua isn't an alien spacecraft. It's just passing gas.

Since its arrival in the solar system in 2017, interstellar object 'Oumuamua has puzzled scientists. Two American astronomers now think they have solved one of the space rock's biggest mysteries.

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Upcoming rule overhaul has California rooftop solar installers working in overdrive

Stellar Solar has been in the rooftop solar business for more than 20 years, but company co-founder Michael Powers has never seen his Oceanside, California-based operation so busy.

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Scientists think they know why interstellar object 'Oumuamua moved so strangely

A strange comet-like object discovered over five years ago was the first known visitor from another solar system. Its movement was so odd that scientists struggled to explain it, until now.

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New Study Proposes Why an Interstellar Object Suddenly Accelerated — And It’s Not Aliens

A recent study proposes a non-alien explanation for interstellar object Oumuamua's weird behavior in 2018.

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New asteroid sample study offers further hints of space origin for the building blocks of life on Earth

How did life come about? The answer to this question goes to the very heart of our existence on planet Earth.

The Conversation

Earth's First Asteroid Defense Test Yields Bonus Discoveries for Astronomers

The planetary defense test was a rousing success, but it also offers a glimpse of our Solar System's eventful past.

Inverse

Huge solar tornado as tall as 14 Earths hurls plasma cloud into space. Here's the video.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured what might be 'the tallest tornado' in the solar system swirling across the north pole of the sun.

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Aliens could be hiding in 'terminator zones' just out of our view, expert claims

A scientist has warned that aliens could be hiding in 'terminator zones', the dark side of planets outside our solar system that orbit stars and are partially hidden from our view

Daily Mirror

Water On Earth Came From Edge Of The Solar System Carried By Meteorites

We wanted to understand how our planet managed to get water and how water on Earth came from edge of the solar system

Zenger

Alien mothership could be sending probes to monitor Earth, says Pentagon report

Pentagon officials claim in a draft report that a craft may be stationed out on the solar system

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Where Did Earth's Water Come From? New Meteorite Study Finds A Clue

If you want to know which objects brought water to a once-dry planet, think small.

Inverse

Earth’s water did not come from melted meteorites – study

Researchers analysed melted meteorites that had been floating around in space since the solar system around 4.5 billion years ago

The Independent UK

Water existed before the sun, study says

What the prevalence of water in solar systems tells us about the potential of life

Salon

Curious Kids: How are planets created?

Curious Kids is a series for children in which we ask experts to answer questions from kids.

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Astronomers just discovered a comet that could be brighter than most stars when we see it next year. Or will it?

Hot on the heels of the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have just discovered a new comet with the potential to be next year’s big story – C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).

The Conversation

A brief history of the UK's Winchcombe meteorite

On 28 February 2021, for the first time in 30 years, a meteorite fell in the UK and was later recovered by scientists. Today, there’s an international effort to study this space rock and learn more about its place in the early solar system.

Inverse

Earth’s Water Has Bizarre Interstellar Origins, Scientists Claim in New Study

A recent study suggests most solar systems start with a supply of water that formed in interstellar space.

The Independent UK

Earth’s water may be older than the sun – study

Astronomers believe they have found the ‘missing link’ that may explain how water appeared in the solar system.

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Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it – making it an excellent candidate in the search for life

NASA recently announced the discovery of a new, Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star called TOI-700. We are two of the astronomers who led the discovery of this planet, called TOI-700 e. TOI-700 e is just over 100 light years from Earth – too far away…

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like finding needles in a haystack’: the mission to discover if Jupiter’s moons support life

The European Space Agency’s Juice mission launches next month, flying closer to icy moons – including Ganymede, the solar system’s largest – than ever before

ABC News

Rooftop solar poised to become Australia's biggest power source amid coal's demise

A new report says more than 3.4 million Australian customers have a rooftop solar system, with the rate of new installations running at roughly 300,000 a year, accelerating the decline of fossil fuel-fired power.

Inverse

Astronomers May Have Just Solved a Salty Mystery at Jupiter's Most Famous Moon

Europa had red stripe features that astronomers couldn't previously quite figure out. But it ends up it may be an unusual form of brine and fodder for future studies.

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Hello Tomorrow!' shoots for the moon but craters

The solar system is the limit in "Hello Tomorrow!," Apple TV+'s 10-part series about a team of traveling salespeople who peddle timeshares on the moon. Too bad the storytelling in this highly stylized, half-hour dramedy doesn't aim as high as its ambitious characters.

Salon

Uranus mission won't happen till 2040s

An unmanned mission to the mysterious ice giant is at least 20 years away. Scientists say it's worth the wait

Inverse

75 Years Ago, an Astronomer Found the Weirdest Moon in the Solar System

The high cliffs of Miranda barely scratch the surface of why Uranus' moon is so unique.

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