The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the ...

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object." The cosmic interloper, officially named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third of ...

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests that if interstellar object 3I/ATLAS isn't a comet, nor an asteroid, it may have been ...

On July 1, astronomers spotted an unusual high-speed object zooming towards the sun. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, the surprising space ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

An object from outside the Solar System has been spotted hurtling towards the Sun, which, ... The object is currently estimated to be roughly 6-12 miles wide, though it could be smaller, ...

"Objects from Alpha Centauri might enter the extreme outer boundaries of our solar system, defined to be the outer edge of the Oort Cloud, at a rate of perhaps 50 per year," Wiegart said.

Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...