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Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" body residing on the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research. The ...
(Web Desk) - Astronomers have discovered a new world circling the outer edges of our solar system. Researchers using the ...
"It definitely came from another solar system. We don't know which one ... The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center quickly added the intriguing object to its list of confirmed ...
A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It was first discovered zipping near the sun this fall.
Interstellar Particles Hiding In Our Solar System. Unlike large, fast-moving objects like ‘Oumuamua, interstellar dust and debris from Alpha Centauri could be much harder to detect.The study ...
And tantalizingly, what they found suggests that our solar system may already be flooded with visitors from the star system, which is about 4.25 light years away.
Scientists are intrigued after spotting a highly unusual celestial object lurking at the very edge of our solar system. It's possible the trans-Neptunian object, dubbed 2017 OF201, is large enough ...
Mysterious interstellar object may have altered solar system orbits, study says; After drifting through interstellar space for 100 million years, the 21 Borisov comet will finally pass Earth ...
Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist. Now, scientists have found a total of 14 of them.
The first step in rigorously investigating this question is to calculate a capture cross section for interstellar objects as a function of hyperbolic excess velocity, which can be convolved with ...
Predictions of the LSST Solar System Yield: Near-Earth Objects, Main Belt Asteroids, Jupiter Trojans, and Trans-Neptunian Objects. The Astronomical Journal (submitted to arXiv) , 2025 DOI: 10.3847 ...