To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off ...

This spacecraft swarm could spot interstellar visitors zipping through our solar system We now know the shape of notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 that dominated headlines recently — it's probably ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Our first known interstellar visitor likely came from a two-star system. That’s the latest from astronomers who were amazed by the mysterious cigar-shaped object ...

The interstellar visitors have arrived. Two years ago, an automated telescope in Hawaii detected ‘Oumuamua, the first known object from interstellar space observed passing through our solar ...

Astronomers have been trying to understand the mysterious interstellar object that zipped through our solar system in 2017, dubbed ‘Oumuamua. A new study suggests answers about its color ...

It was our first known interstellar visitor. Officially named 1I/2017 U1, the object is also known as ‘Oumuamua (oh-MOO-uh-MOO-uh), which means “a messenger from afar arriving first” in ...

New research suggests 2I/Borisov—the second known interstellar visitor to our solar system—had never previously visited a star, not even the one from its home system, prior to zipping past our ...

Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua' never should have left home, theories say By Elizabeth Howell Space.com Contributor Space.com Published March 30, 2018 7:00am EDT | Updated March 30, 2018 5:08am EDT ...

An artist’s impression of a small, rocky interstellar object hurtling from the upper right toward the inner solar system. The ...

The solar system, long believed to be a relatively stable and isolated system of planets, moons, and distant bodies, may have experienced a dramatic shift caused by an unexpected interstellar visitor.

Interstellar object 'Oumuamua probably moved strangely due to gas, study says A strange comet-like object discovered over five years ago was the first known visitor from another solar system. Its ...

In the 2014 film Interstellar, humanity takes advantage of a wormhole near Saturn to travel to different galaxies in minutes while searching for a new, habitable planet.Similarly, a network of ...