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 ...

For the first time in recorded history, scientists have detected an interstellar object in our native solar system. NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) announced on Thursday that an ...

In a headline straight out of Hitchhiker’s Guide, astronomers say they’ve confirmed that a mysterious object observed in 2018, dubbed “Farfarout,” is indeed the farthest known object orbiting the Sun.

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 ...

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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 ...

In recent years, the detection of rogue objects exiting our solar system has captivated the scientific community and the public alike. With advancements in technology and data analysis, probes have ...

The visitor from the stars, designated 3I/Atlas, is likely the largest yet detected, and has been classified as a comet, or cosmic snowball. "It looks kind of fuzzy," Peter Veres, an astronomer with ...