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Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
There's a new interstellar comet in the neighborhood! Known as 3I/ATLAS, this comet poses no threat to Earth – but it does ...
Newfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.
A potential interstellar interloper is currently zooming toward the Sun. Its strange approach angle suggests it may have come ...
A newly discovered object, dubbed A11pl3Z, appears to be moving too fast and straight to have originated in the solar system.
Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object.
An object from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to whip around the sun in ...
The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...
How frequently does a traveler from another star system sweep through our galactic neighborhood, and astronomers rush to the telescope? Not until recently was the answer: hardly ever. In fewer than ...
Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a ...
So far, two interstellar celestial bodies have been discovered hurtling through the solar system. Evidence of the next one is ...
"Astronomers may have just discovered the third interstellar object passing through the Solar System!" the agency's ...