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A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

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An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.

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For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.