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NASA finds new interstellar comet passing through solar system
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on Tuesday and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. The new interstellar comet's official name is 3I/ATLAS.
Confirmed: A Rare Interstellar Object Is Passing Through Our Solar System
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system. Preliminary observations suggest it came from interstellar space, and if confirmed, it would mark the third discovery of an interstellar object in history.
A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...
Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...
Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...
A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...
New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.
Artist's impression of Planet Nine – a suspected “wide-orbit” planet – with the Sun in the distance; Neptune's orbit is shown ...
The Voyager probes we sent from Earth back in the 70s found an incredible 'wall of fire' at the edge of our solar system ...
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