Artist Impression: Interstellar object rapidly approaching our Solar System (IMAGE)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Artist Impression: Interstellar object rapidly approaching our Solar System

Caption

This artist’s impression illustrates an interstellar object rapidly approaching our Solar System. The object, ejected from its home planetary system long ago, traveled through interstellar space for billions of years before briefly passing through our cosmic neighborhood. Rubin Observatory will reveal many of these previously unknown interstellar visitors.

Credit

Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. daSilva

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