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Fluke discovery at planetarium leads to revelation about mysterious cosmic cloud: "It's kind of a freak accident"
Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.
Discovery about outer solar system during set-up up of planetarium show shocks astronomers
Freak accident’ finding has changed thinking on shape of the Oort Cloud, a theoretical area of deep space believed to be a ...
India Today1d
Accidental discovery on a wall reveals hidden giant at the edge of Solar System
While putting together a planetarium show, the museum’s experts weren’t expecting a window into the universe’s inner workings ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN5d
They Just Wanted to Make a Space Movie. Instead, They Uncovered a Mind-Blowing Cosmic Secret
A spiral-shaped structure in the Oort Cloud, long thought to be a featureless shell of icy debris, has been revealed by ...
Kearney Hub1d
An accidental discovery at a planetarium opens a window into the universe's inner workings
NEW YORK — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural ...
Orange County Register6d
How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret
They were fine-tuning a scene featuring what’s known as the Oort Cloud, a region far beyond Pluto filled with icy relics from the solar system’s formation. Comets can hurtle toward Earth from ...
Space on MSN10d
Scientists found a possible new dwarf planet — it could spell bad news for Planet 9 fans
A potential new dwarf planet has been discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system, and its existence poses the ...
Newsday6d
An accidental discovery at a planetarium opens a window into the universe's inner workings
They were fine-tuning a scene featuring what's known as the Oort Cloud, a region far beyond Pluto filled with icy relics from the solar system's formation. Comets can hurtle toward Earth from the ...