A 3D map of our cosmic neighborhood has revealed hot and cold regions as well as an "escape tunnel" from our local bubble.

A newly captured image has provided an unprecedented view of the third interstellar object to pass through our solar system, sparking excitement in the astronomical community. The object ...

A rare visitor from another star system has been spotted: the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS! It was detected July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. Most ...

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This will provide a more complete view of the interstellar objects passing through our solar system and how puzzling it is that no one saw any extrasolar visitors before 2017.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS.