24 April 2020
A population of interstellar asteroids has been found hiding between Jupiter and Neptune
Interstellar visitors ‘Oumuamua and comet 21/Borisov are not alone in our... travellers started life elsewhere. But, unlike the recently identified interstellar visitors ‘Oumuamua, and comet 21/Borisov, which are just passing through our Solar System ...
19 May 2021
Scientists unexpectedly find heavy metal vapour in comets throughout our Solar System, and beyond
... gaseous nickel has also been detected surrounding comet 2I/Borisov, the second observed interstellar interloper after ʻOumuamua. Ranging in size from a few hundred meters to loosely packed balls of ice and dust tens of kilometers across...
02 January 2018
2017 - What a year!
2017 was a remarkable year for all things astronomical and for the rocket and satellite industry. We said a sad farewell to one of the most distinguished planetary missions of our time - Cassini. However we also said hello to the first interstellar ...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
... would structure future searches for intelligence elsewhere. Unfortunately, the exotically shaped space object ‘Oumuamua that Breakthrough Listen helped monitor in December 2017 is unlikely to be an alien spacecraft. Another possibility, Wertheimer...
18 September 2019
Researchers calculate feasibility of sending a probe to C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
...2019 Q4 (Borisov) is the second such interstellar object to be identified whizzing through the Solar System; the first, 'Oumuamua, was spotted in 2017. Given the (relatively) quick succession of these discoveries, it is not unreasonable to think that...
26 June 2020
Giant ‘Exotica’ catalogue boosts search for alien life
... is currently not satisfactorily explained. For instance, the famous ‘Tabby's Star’ with its bizarre dimming behaviour; ‘Oumuamua’ - the interstellar object that passed near Earth in 2017; unexplained optical pulses that last mere nanoseconds...
