A rare interstellar comet is making a one-time pass through our solar system. It will never return after this ...

A rare comet from another star system is revealing just how different alien solar systems may be from our own.

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 ...

A mysterious comet from beyond our solar system is giving astronomers a rare glimpse into alien worlds — and it may have ...

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, ...

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 shocking new study suggests that the second interstellar object ever discovered, Comet 2I/Borisov, could be carrying water on it from beyond the Solar System. The study suggests that 2I/Borisov, ...

When you think of outer space, you're likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma and stardust—known as interstellar clouds.

The solar system is now at the edge of this cloud, but the massive stockpile of cosmic stardust has left signatures on ...

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 ...

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 ...