Yet, a breakthrough discovery has turned this study on its head. An interstellar object, unlike any typical asteroid or comet that we’re accustomed to observing, passed through the solar system ...

Caption An artist's depiction of the interstellar comet 'Oumuamua, as it warmed up in its approach to the sun and outgassed hydrogen (white mist), which slightly altered its orbit. The comet ...

G3 (ATLAS) blazed past the Sun, captured in stunning detail by the SOHO spacecraft. Scientists used its passage to study how ...

such as in the case of the interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua. Aside from the effects of outgassing, comet orbits are also constantly changing simply due to the competing gravitational pulls of ...

In 2017, astronomers discovered the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua ... skywatching events and more! When a comet gets close to the sun, the sunlight heats up the ice, causing it to sublimate ...

Astronomers at the Gemini Observatory last week recorded an image of the second object ever observed from beyond our solar system.

Detected in 2019, the Borisov comet was the first interstellar comet known to have passed through our solar system. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

In 2019, he discovered an interstellar comet, which received his name. "I have discovered a new comet. The discovery happened in the early morning of November 8. This evening I received a ...

The interstellar object which passed through our ... Now scientists think it may be a comet after all, with valuable information about distant planetary systems. When studied by a team led by ...

Organic molecules, the building blocks of life, have been discovered across space—from interstellar clouds to ... The anticipated Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) has been visible in the ...

Harvard physicist digs into his theory that the interstellar visitor Oumuamu is an alien craft: Harvard physicist Avi Loeb made claims that Oumuamu is not a comet, but an alien craft. Loeb likens ...

According to previous reports, in August, Borisov was the first person in the world to discover an interstellar comet. It was spotted at the boundary of the Lynx and Cancer constellations moving ...