When 3I/ATLAS swept past the sun in late October 2025, it became only the third confirmed visitor from interstellar space ...

The small, icy visitor now racing away from the inner solar system is not just another comet. It is an interstellar object, ...

It's been nearly a month since the second interstellar object, C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), was detected. And this newly identified object could potentially be studied, according to a new study. The research, ...

Avi Loeb connects archaeological history, planetary limits and interstellar research to examine how scientific exploration could shape humanity’s long-term transition beyond Earth.

Astrophysicists are mapping a vast, hidden structure in the gas around the Sun that behaves like a tunnel carved through ...

As grad school approached for astrophysics senior Atsuhiro Yaginuma, he did not know what he wanted to study. That was until July 1, when the third ever interstellar object — a body originating from ...

A new study notes that interstellar comet 2I/Borisov did break up after it came close to the sun, but seems likely to survive and continue its journey through the Solar System. The research, which can ...

The next time a space rock races through our solar system from beyond, humans will be a little more prepared to unlock its secrets. To date, astronomers have identified two interstellar objects that ...

Interstellar travel could be possible, scientists say, but not in the way you might think. For decades, science fiction stories have proposed the idea of traveling outside of our known galaxy. This ...

A pair of scientists may have figured out interstellar asteroid ‘Oumuamua’s secret — and it’s not an alien spaceship after all. When the first known interstellar object passed through our Solar System ...