In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

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

How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the ...

So, astronomers reclassified the object as an interstellar asteroid. Asteroids in our solar system are usually round and lumpy. But this object probably looks more like a giant cigar. Observations ...

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 ...

Read More: A bizarre interstellar object called 'Oumuamua continues ... "We have never seen anything like 'Oumuamua in our solar system. It's really a mystery still," Knight said.

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 ...

However, the odds of encountering one of these objects within the heart our solar system remain exceedingly low, with only a one-in-a-million chance that an interstellar visitor is located within ...

Astronomers have confirmed that interstellar objects—cosmic bodies originating from other stars—are passing through our solar ...

Oumuamua was later confirmed to be the first object from another star known to have visited our solar system. While these interstellar objects (ISO) originate around a star, they end up as cosmic ...