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Astronomers Find ‘Punctum,’ a Bizarre Space Object That Might be Unlike Anything in the Universe

It started as a side note in a high-resolution ALMA observation. Elena Shablovinskaia and her team weren’t hunting for the weird. They were mapping the bright, active heart of NGC 4945 — a nearby ...
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Harvard Astronomer Says Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Blasting Its Thrusters to Get Away From Us as Fast as Possible

Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has reemerged from behind the Sun, allowing astronomers to once again get a glimpse at the rare visitor. The object, which is generally believed by experts to ...
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NASA tracks an object moving 19 times faster than sound

When an object in space appears to be racing at nineteen times the speed of sound, it instantly jumps from routine data point to global headline. The claim that NASA tracked such a hyperfast visitor ...
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New observations suggest that our interstellar visitor may be a "primitive carbonaceous object", complete with "ice volcanoes".

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Strange cosmic objects spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope may be baby 'platypus' galaxies — or something entirely new

"These nine objects are special." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Strange cosmic objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space ...