In the century or so since Edwin Hubble discovered that the Milky Way is just one of countless galaxies in the universe, our ...

Interstellar objects are among the last unexplored classes of solar system objects, holding tantalizing information about primitive materials from exoplanetary star systems. They pass through our ...

"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...

Turns out, it came from another star system. This is the first time humanity has observed an interstellar object. Astronomers discovered it on Oct. 19. At first, they thought it was a comet.

Which in Hawaiian, roughly translates to "first time visitor from far away." Oumuamua is the first interstellar object ever detected in our solar system. Astronomers discovered it in 2017 with the ...

A new study reveals that more than 1 million interstellar objects, each larger than the Statue of Liberty, may be residing in the Oort Cloud. These objects, believed to have originated from the ...

It was quickly discovered that the object, dubbed Oumuamua, had come from outside of our own solar system, making it the first interstellar object ever detected by humans. That’s pretty exciting ...

The object's trajectory strongly suggested it came from another star system, making it the first interstellar object ever detected. Scientists gave it a Hawaiian name, 'Oumuamua, meaning "scout ...

This illustration shows the paths through our Solar System of the two confirmed interstellar objects, Oumuamua in 2017 (formally known as 1I/2017 U1), discovered in 2017, and the comet 2I/Borisov ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Astronomers have identified a potential new class of interstellar objects characterized by peculiar icy compositions. Using data from the AKARI and ALMA ...

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Interstellar objects are among the last unexplored classes of solar system objects, holding tantalizing information about primitive materials from exoplanetary star systems. They pass through our ...