Unearthly Mutations

These clues have undergone mutations

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The Gibberish Message

Each phrase coming through suffered a mutation, but as Doc said, an observant scientist could determine the root cause and replicate it. Each phrase had a specific set of mutations applied, which when reversed, revealed a legible clue. Answering this clue, would give a word, that applying the original mutation process to, would result in a constellation in space. Fortunately, each phrase gave us the indicated length of the final mutated constellation output along with what letters to extract from it.

For example: GREIEKWIARGIOD (5|2,3) can be read as GREEK WAR GOD that has been mutated by inserting an "I" two letters from the end of each word in the phrase. The answer to this phrase is ARES, which when mutated per the original rule and adding an "I" two from the end, gives the final constellation of ARIES (which is 5 in length as indicated by the 5 in the parenthesis). All that is left is to extract the letters in position 2 and 3 (is instructed by the 2,3 in parenthesis) to get the letters RI. The full list of mutations can be found below:

Original Mutated String	Mutation	Normal Phrase	Normal Answer	Mutated Answer	Final
GREIEKWIARGIOD (5 | 2,3)	add I two from the end	GREEK WAR GOD	ARES	ARIES	RI
VRGGIETRATMRKESYRURERESWRTER (5 | 5)	replace second letter with R	VEGGIE THAT MAKES YOUR EYES WATER	ONION	ORION	N
PERSONASUSINASUSGAMEASUSOFASUSLIFEASUS (7 | 3)	add asus to end	PERSON IN GAME OF LIFE	PEG	PEGASUS	G
IYLEAGEUNIVERSIYNNWYOKCIY (7 | 2,4)	remove second to last letter	IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY	COLUMBIA	COLUMBA	OU
GAUCOATINDAUFORMEAAUVINAUCORROSIO (6 | 1,6)	add AU to front, move last letter to front	COATING FORMED VIA CORROSION	RUST	TAURUS	TS
VRYCUTJUVNILCANINS (6 | 5)	remove E's	VERY CUTE JUVENILE CANINES	PUPPIES	PUPPIS	I
ANNONBACTRIANCAMANSPECI (9 | 3,7)	add AN to front and remove last 2 letters	NONBACTRIAN CAMEL SPECIES	DROMEDARY	ANDROMEDA	DE
CFIRSTACNAMEACOFACYOUTUBERACEGORAPTORA (6 | 5)	add C to front and add A to end	FIRST NAME OF YOUTUBER EGORAPTOR	ARIN	CARINA	N
HITNGSSEUDORFLAFVORINGOOFD (6 | 5)	move first letter to third spot	THINGS USED FOR FLAVORING FOOD	SPICES	PISCES	E
ROTPIRCSEDFOJDYRTIMDMORFETILEEED (4 | 2)	reverse word	DEEE LITE FROM DMITRY DJ OF DESCRIPTOR	SUPA	APUS	P
PEROVIDEFDOODADNDSEERVICEFRORESVENTS (6 | 4)	add last letter to second spot	PROVIDE FOOD AND SERVICE FOR EVENTS	CATER	CRATER	T
YOWHEREUSTEDWATERELBECAMEELLAWINE (6 | 2)	add Spanish pronoun to front	WHERE WATER BECAME WINE	CANA	TUCANA	U
CYANOTHERSCYNAMESCYFORSCYWILDEBEESTS (6 | 4)	add CY to front, S to end	ANOTER NAME FOR WILDEBEESTS - CYSCYSCYSCY	GNU	CYGNUS	N
LTERNATEERMORARGARINE (3 | 2)	remove first letter	ALTERNATE TERM FOR MARGARINE	OLEO	LEO	E
PRINTNUUDMUSICXIULCOMPOSITIOOMICRONUS (8 | 1,3)	change second to last to U, add Greek letter 3rd to last	PRINTED MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS	SCORES	SCORPIUS	SO
KCAJOECAOROOGNIKO (5 | 2)	reverse word and add O to end	JACK ACE OR KING	CARD	DRACO	R
LVIPUSHUPLVSPORTSLIVORLIIIPLUNGELIIGARMENT (5 | 3)	add decreasing Roman numerals to front starting at LVI	PUSHUP SPORTS OR PLUNGE GARMENT	BRA	LIBRA	B
PANISHPOMEDIANPORGESPIRSTPAME (6 | 2,4)	change first letter to P	DANISH COMEDIAN BORGES FIRST NAME	VICTOR	PICTOR	IT

Extracting on the indicated letters from the mutated constellations yields the phrase

RING OUTSIDE NEPTUNES ORBIT

which is referring to KUIPERS BELT which must be where the portal leads.