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Here’s How Interstellar Objects and Rogue Planets Can be Trapped in the Solar SystemHere’s How Interstellar Objects and Rogue Planets Can be Trapped in the Solar System

Here’s How Interstellar Objects and Rogue Planets Can be Trapped in the Solar System

When Oumuamua traversed our Solar System in 2017 it was the first confirmed Interstellar Object (ISO) to do so. Then…

2 months ago
How Oumuamua Changes Our Perspective on Galactic PanspermiaHow Oumuamua Changes Our Perspective on Galactic Panspermia

How Oumuamua Changes Our Perspective on Galactic Panspermia

Panspermia is an innately attractive idea that's gained prominence in recent decades. Yet, among working scientists, it gets little attention.…

6 months ago
A Few Interstellar Objects Have Probably Been CapturedA Few Interstellar Objects Have Probably Been Captured

A Few Interstellar Objects Have Probably Been Captured

When Oumuamua travelled through our Solar System back in 2017, people around the world paid attention. It was the first…

2 years ago
An Interstellar Meteor Struck the Earth in 2014, and now Scientists Want to Search for it at the Bottom of the OceanAn Interstellar Meteor Struck the Earth in 2014, and now Scientists Want to Search for it at the Bottom of the Ocean

An Interstellar Meteor Struck the Earth in 2014, and now Scientists Want to Search for it at the Bottom of the Ocean

Back in 2014, an object crashed into the ocean just off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Data collected at…

2 years ago
What Happens to Interstellar Objects Captured by the Solar System?What Happens to Interstellar Objects Captured by the Solar System?

What Happens to Interstellar Objects Captured by the Solar System?

Now that we know that interstellar objects (ISOs) visit our Solar System, scientists are keen to understand them better. How…

3 years ago
Interstellar Objects Might Outnumber Solar System Objects in the Oort CloudInterstellar Objects Might Outnumber Solar System Objects in the Oort Cloud

Interstellar Objects Might Outnumber Solar System Objects in the Oort Cloud

A study of the interstellar bodie 2I/Borisov aruges that the Oort cloud may consist more of alien objects than solar…

3 years ago
A New Plan to Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts at Earth and Across the Solar SystemA New Plan to Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts at Earth and Across the Solar System

A New Plan to Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts at Earth and Across the Solar System

Professor Avi Loeb has announced a new project that will search for 'Oumuamua-like objects in our Solar System, which could…

4 years ago
A Small Satellite With a Solar Sail Could Catch up With an Interstellar ObjectA Small Satellite With a Solar Sail Could Catch up With an Interstellar Object

A Small Satellite With a Solar Sail Could Catch up With an Interstellar Object

When Oumuamua, the first interstellar object ever observed passing through the Solar System, was discovered in 2017, it exhibited some…

4 years ago
When Stars Get Too Close to Each Other, They Cast Out Interstellar Comets and AsteroidsWhen Stars Get Too Close to Each Other, They Cast Out Interstellar Comets and Asteroids

When Stars Get Too Close to Each Other, They Cast Out Interstellar Comets and Asteroids

In October 2017, humanity caught its first-ever glimpse of an interstellar object - a visitor from beyond our solar system…

4 years ago
According to the Math, it’s Highly Unlikely That an Intelligent Civilization is Located at Alpha CentauriAccording to the Math, it’s Highly Unlikely That an Intelligent Civilization is Located at Alpha Centauri

According to the Math, it’s Highly Unlikely That an Intelligent Civilization is Located at Alpha Centauri

In a new study, a pair of Harvard astrophysicists did the math on whether or not BLC1 is an extraterrestrial…

4 years ago