What's Flinging Comets Out of the Oort Cloud?

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What's Flinging Comets Out of the Oort Cloud?

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May 31, 2011

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A planet-size object could be behind the odd departure of some comets from the Oort Cloud--and toward us. John Matson reports

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May 31, 2011

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What's Flinging Comets Out of the Oort Cloud?

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