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When 'Oumuamua traversed our solar system in 2017 it was the first confirmed Interstellar Object (ISO) to do so. Then in 2019, Comet 2l/Borisov did the same thing. These are the only two confirmed ...

Astronomers posed over the past decade that dark comets, or objects that resemble asteroids but move like comets, may exist.

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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A massive interstellar object passing through our solar system during its formative years likely altered the orbits of planets into trajectories ...

Scientists uncover interstellar tunnels linking our solar system to distant stars, revealing a dynamic cosmic architecture ...

The spacecraft, located more than 24 billion kilometres away, was feared lost to the cosmic ocean after decades of travel. But, as Andrew Griffins writes, thanks to a daring feat of human ingenuity ...

A massive interstellar object passing through our solar system during its formative years likely altered the orbits of planets into trajectories observed today, a new study says. Interactions with ...