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Scientists Found a New 'Asteroid' Orbiting Too Close to Earth — Turns Out, It Was Elon Musk’s Car
In a bizarre misinterpretation by the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union, the discovery of a new ...
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A new comet appeared in the sky, then likely disintegrated. But it can still be seen
The Minor Planet Center officially designated it as C/2025 F2 (SWAN) on April 8. The three astronomers “noticed a faint smudge, indicative of a comet, that seemed to move across the sky over a period ...
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'Minor planet' found in obscure corner of solar system
"The brighter the object, usually the bigger it is," said Brian Marsden, director of the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. "If it's bright ...
If Planet Nine is out there, this telescope might actually find it
A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is hidden in our solar system.