A Harvard scientist has suggested that our Solar System may be far more crowded with interstellar objects, chunks of rock or ice from other star systems, than anyone realized. Avi Loeb, who made ...

The interstellar object 3I Atlas, approaching Earth at incredible speed, offers a rare chance to study material from outside our solar system without posing any danger. House Republicans break with ...

In context: NASA estimates that a single galaxy may harbor trillions of rogue planets. These starless worlds drift alone through interstellar space and have no parent star. They remain challenging to ...

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Stargazers and scientists are getting a holiday present from the cosmos this week. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet, will get “closest” to Earth on Friday, December 19, as part of its journey across ...

The mysterious Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS appears to have no cometary tail in new images, which would eliminate the conventional explanation for the surprising “non-gravitational ...

The mystery behind the famous 1977 “Wow!” signal has gained renewed attention after a Harvard astronomer proposed that the newly observed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be linked to the event. The ...

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Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming discs around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...

Earlier this year, astronomers spotted a mysterious interstellar visitor, widely believed to be a comet, screaming into our solar system. With the help of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, ...