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

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 ...

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

"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 ...

A NASA mission, IMAP, will investigate and map the sun's particles and energy across the entire heliosphere, using a ...

Interstellar objects are astronomical material ... developed a computer model to study our solar system, Alpha Centauri and the interstellar activity—the movement of gas, dust and other space ...

using the physical laws of our solar system. If the estimates are correct, about one million interstellar objects larger than 100 meters (328 feet) in diameter from Alpha Centauri could currently be ...

Starting closest to the sun, our ... objects] is still not known that it is difficult to address this question," he said. There are more than 900 known natural satellites in the solar system.

An artist's illustration of the asteroid 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever known to visit our solar system. | Credit: M. Kornmesser/European Southern Observatory Alpha Centauri is home ...