I/ATLAS, the interstellar object discovered in 2025, reveals the estimated population, composition, and distribution of ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...

Interstellar seed: artist’s impression of 'Oumuamua, which could someday help with the formation of a planet. (Courtesy: ESO/M Kornmesser) Theories of planet formation describe how dust in discs ...

The vast majority of matter is dark – invisible until it is detected only through its gravitational effects. The newly discovered object could be a clump of dark matter, or it could also be a compact, ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming discs around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...