Astronomers using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found a distant object in the direction of Alpha Centauri. The object appears to be in the outer region of our ...
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What if we captured an interstellar object?
An unexpected guest has made its way into our Solar System. It’s an interstellar object, an ISO. And it’s tumbling through ...
Astronomers may have just discovered a new interstellar object passing through our solar system. The object, a celestial body from another star system, was discovered on Tuesday by the University of ...
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Could alien-built objects already be in our system?
A mysterious object has been identified as an “interstellar visitor” by NASA while shooting through our solar system, sparking discussions about its origin and nature. A Harvard astrophysicist ...
Astronomers have spotted the second object ever known to visit our solar system from another star system. The object is expected to fly near Mars in October. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) ...
The first observed interstellar object blazed through our solar system more than two years ago. Astronomers scrambled to observe the object in October 2017 before it disappeared, and their ...
Astronomers have discovered the most distant object ever found in our solar system. The planetoid — the term for a small chunk of rock or dust or ice orbiting the sun — is appropriately nicknamed ...
Astronomers around the world are trying to track down a small, fast-moving object that is zipping through our solar system. Is a comet? An asteroid? NASA’s not sure. The space agency doesn’t even know ...
Earlier this summer, astronomers discovered something strange whizzing past Jupiter: an interstellar object. Scientists named it 3I/ATLAS. It’s only the third interstellar object ever observed, and it ...
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