Object 3I/ATLAS will make close approaches to Jupiter, Mars and Venus, which could allow aliens to stealthily plant spy ...

Predictions of the LSST Solar System Yield: Near-Earth Objects, Main Belt Asteroids, Jupiter Trojans, and Trans-Neptunian Objects. The Astronomical Journal (submitted to arXiv) , 2025 DOI: 10.3847 ...

In fact, it is the most distant object in the solar system. Oct 02, 2018 12:45 PM EDT. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Nicole Mortillaro. Senior Science Reporter.

Primitive ices and gas from the earliest days of the solar system can remain trapped inside deep-space objects like comets and Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) for billions of years. That’s the ...

Astronomers have found 2023 KQ14, nicknamed Ammonite, a rare sednoid with a unique orbit that challenges the Planet Nine ...

Astronomers have confirmed that interstellar objects—cosmic bodies originating from other stars—are passing through our solar system, and now scientists are preparing to go after them.

Interstellar Particles Hiding In Our Solar System. Unlike large, fast-moving objects like ‘Oumuamua, interstellar dust and debris from Alpha Centauri could be much harder to detect.The study ...

Earlier this month, astronomers spotted a bizarre interstellar object hurtling through the solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, this 12 miles (20km) long visitor has travelled to our sun from another ...

Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the planets, and the distances between them all on ...

Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated from outside of our Solar System. It's only the third to be found. The interstellar object, designated 3I/ATLAS, will make its closest ...

NASA artist’s conception of a brown dwarf (main) and stock image of the planets in the solar system (inset). An object between 2 and 50 times the mass of Jupiter may have flown through our ...