LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A glimpse beyond our solar system reveals the neighborhood just outside the sun's influence is different and stranger than expected, scientists reported Tuesday....
Scientists Puzzled By Region Outside Solar System
By ALICIA CHANG, Associated Press
Tue, 01/31/2012 - 7:24pm
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