Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...

Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

The third object known to have entered the Solar System from interstellar space has an origin unlike either of its ...

Earth objects, astronomers recently discovered a comet visiting from interstellar space. This is only the third interstellar ...

For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...

The comet was identified as interstellar due to its highly eccentric hyperbolic orbit, which is unlike the elliptical orbits of native Solar System objects.

A renowned physicist believes he's cracked the mystery of where a giant unidentified object hurtling through our solar system ...

The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO-VLT) has captured clear images of 3I/ATLAS, a fast-moving interstellar comet that the Sun's gravity can't slow down.

Astronomers recently confirmed that a mysterious object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS came from interstellar space, blowing through the ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about a comet visiting from interstellar space, caterpillars that eat and break down plastic, and how animals' sense of smell varies by altitude.

What at first seemed a routine detection of an object travelling through the solar system soon turned out to be anything but. The object’s trajectory revealed it to be a much rarer visitor than first ...