Somewhere in the galaxy, in a place colder than anything our solar system has ever produced, a ball of ice took shape.
A rare interstellar visitor known as comet 3I Atlas is currently drifting through our Solar System. At first glance, it might ...
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Learn how traces of a rare radioactive element preserved in Antarctic ice may show that the Solar System is currently passing through debris left behind by exploded stars.
Iron-60 is a radioactive isotope of iron that’s found in Antarctic ice and in deep-sea crusts. It’s only source is ...
Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming discs around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...