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NASA detects more dark comets, providing more clues to how planets form
6 days, 1 hour ago

NASA detects more dark comets, providing more clues to how planets form

Salon  

There’s a lot of stuff in space that we know is there but we can’t see very well or at all. Despite these obstacles, however, scientists publishing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences say they have discovered more dark comets in our solar system than previously thought. The new paper adds an additional seven dark comets …

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Water in our solar system likely formed billions of years before the sun
1 year, 9 months ago

Water in our solar system likely formed billions of years before the sun

Daily Mail  

The mystery of where water first came from has stumped scientists for decades. New research has not only uncovered the potential 'missing link' for how water got to Earth, but also suggests that H20 in our solar system is billions of years older than the sun. Experts made the discovery after detecting gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the …

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Comets brought carbon to Earth, Mars: Study
3 years, 9 months ago

Comets brought carbon to Earth, Mars: Study

India TV News  

Comets could have been an essential source of carbon on planets like Earth and Mars during the early formation of the solar system, says a new study. The observations showed that Comet Catalina is carbon-rich, suggesting that it formed in the outer regions of the primordial solar system, which held a reservoir of carbon that could have been important for …

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Second Alignment Plane Discovered in Solar System Can Help Study Origin of Comets
4 years, 2 months ago

Second Alignment Plane Discovered in Solar System Can Help Study Origin of Comets

News 18  

A new discovery suggests that our solar system has another alignment plane. It shows that ‘aphelia’ of comets, which is the point of highest distance from the Sun, tend to fall close to either the well-known ecliptic plane where the planets reside or a newly discovered “empty ecliptic”. The new information can help create models and analyse how the comets …

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