Sentences with phrase «passed by our solar system»

The lingering gravitational effects of a star that passed by our solar system some 70,000 years ago can be seen in the movements of dozens of comets today, Gizmodo reports.

Not exact matches

Tiny and very faint, this fast moving object (centre) was captured by astronomers as it passed through our Solar system.

If the orbits of these bodies are disturbed — by a passing star, for example — they return to paths close to the planets of the solar system and can become active comets.

When Voyager 2 passed by Neptune's moon Triton in 1989, it recorded the lowest known temperature in our solar system: — 391 degrees F.

The Perseid meteor shower occurs when Earth passes through debris left behind by the comet Swift - Tuttle, which last crossed the inner solar system in 1992.

Even a near miss of the Oort cloud by a passing star might be enough of a gravitational tug to redirect some comets toward the inner solar system; Gliese 710, by current estimates, will pass right through.

Other scenarios involve gravitational perturbations, either caused by passing stars, a solar system entering and exiting our galaxy's gravitationally dense spiral arms, or even via interactions with dense molecular clouds.

The Cassini mission to Saturn, the twin Voyagers» trips beyond the solar system, Curiosity's rove around the Martian surface, New Horizons» pass by Pluto and Galileo's close encounter with Jupiter were all brought to you by the radioactive element plutonium - 238.

Typically a few kilometers in diameter, comets orbit the Sun in paths that either allow them to pass by the Sun only once or that repeatedly bring them through the solar system (as in the 76 - year orbit of Halley's Comet).

Tiny and very faint, this fast moving object (centre) was captured by astronomers as it passed through our Solar system.

As comets pass through the inner solar system, they can be broken into pieces by Jupiter's gravity.

Passing within 1.4 million miles (2.3 million km) of Jupiter on 28 February 2007, the spacecraft picked up an additional gravitational impulse, which accelerated it towards the outer Solar System by a further 9,000 mph (14,000 km / h).

Astronomers have confirmed that an object that recently passed by our planet is from outside our Solar System — the first interstellar asteroid that's ever been observed.

Science fiction readers will remember Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, where a cylindrical spacecraft from outside the Solar System passes through it at high speed.

Since most of these GRBs lie in regions of star formation which tend to have abundant interstellar dust, visible light may be blocked by dust although x-rays pass through to the Solar System for observation.

Two interesting possibilities are that Sedna might have been tugged into its current orbit by a passing star, or may have been captured from a different solar system.

Comets passing near large planets often are torn apart by gravitational effects or receive gravity boosts that fling them, like slingshots, out of the solar system forever.

From there, the CME washed over spacecraft throughout the inner solar system — including passing by Curiosity on Mars, near comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko and out to Saturn.

The solar project springs from a 2007 resolution passed by the school board, which acknowledged that LAUSD is «one of the largest users of water and energy in the State of California» and resolved to «create a «Green» accountability system that outlines measurable outcomes for Districtwide sustainability and specific goals for water and energy conservation.»

But against the backdrop of the decade - long nuclear contests, the FIT system (as established by the EEG in 1991) that obligated supply companies to purchase wind, solar, and biomass power and then pass costs to consumers was fueling tremendous growth of renewables.

«We appreciate NYPSC addressing near term uncertainty in the market by passing this stop - gap measure, and we urge the Commission to move quickly in establishing a more permanent solution until the new system [VDER Phase Two] is set,» said Brandon Smithwood, Policy Director for the Coalition for Community Solar Access.