interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens
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A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three dimensions.
What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ring system under formation. By comparing the 2023 observations to previous ones from 2022, 2018, and 2011, researchers determined that the ring system has been evolving rapidly.
The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.
Avi Loeb suggested that if 3I/ATLAS is a spacecraft, it may use its proximity to the Sun's powerful gravitational pull while hidden from us.
A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and Earth. The authors dubbed it Planet Y.