"These objects ... the closest star system to our own, lying around 4.3 light-years away. New research has indicated that, if Alpha Centauri ejects as much material as the solar system, then ...

Interstellar objects are among the last unexplored classes of solar system objects, holding tantalizing information about ...

These objects, believed to have originated from the Alpha Centauri system, were captured by the Sun’s gravity and are now part of our solar system. Unlike fast-moving interstellar visitors ...

Scientists have now managed to start drawing ... discovery of this new map was the appearance of an interstellar tunnel from our solar system pointing towards the constellation Centaurus.

Interstellar ... objects larger than 100 meters (328 feet) in diameter from Alpha Centauri could currently be in the Oort Cloud, a shell of icy bodies surrounding our Solar System. The model also ...

A giant wave of undulating gas and dust appears, per new research, to have ... Earth when our Solar System passed through the Radcliffe wave. "If we are in a denser region of the interstellar ...

Simulations indicate that around 50 objects from the neighboring star system may enter the Oort Cloud ... revolve around the Sun in our Solar System. They have been known to be a part of the ...

The researchers suggest that the two icy objects are not like others that have been found, making them candidates for a new type of interstellar object. They suggest further study of data from the ...

To save energy for further interstellar exploration ... and cosmic rays originating from the solar system and our galaxy. "The Voyager spacecraft have far surpassed their original mission to ...

"Space is 'big,' and so it would not have been a surprise to ... of the asteroid 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever known to visit our solar system. | Credit: M. Kornmesser/European ...

"The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars ... can continue exploring space beyond the limits of the solar system. To save energy for further interstellar exploration, mission engineers at ...