Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.

How frequently does a traveler from another star system sweep through our galactic neighborhood, and astronomers rush to the telescope? Not until recently was the answer: hardly ever. In fewer than ...

There's a new interstellar comet in the neighborhood! Known as 3I/ATLAS, this comet poses no threat to Earth – but it does ...

Astrophysicist Josep Trigo-Rodriguez of the Institute of Space Sciences near Barcelona, Spain, believes it is an interstellar ...

A11pl3Z's eccentricity is now estimated to be near 6.0, the highest seen yet, confirming its hyperbolic orbit.

The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...

A new object that is believed to be from beyond the solar system has been seen by scientists, according to astronomers. It ...

A newly discovered object, dubbed A11pl3Z, appears to be moving too fast and straight to have originated in the solar system.

An object from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to whip around the sun in ...

The comet-like body, designated 3I/ATLAS, is hurtling towards the Sun at a speed of over 60 kilometres per second ...

A potential interstellar interloper is currently zooming toward the Sun. Its strange approach angle suggests it may have come ...

Astronomy news always seems to break over coffee, on laptop startup. That was the case on Wednesday morning, when word of a ...