Astronomers Find First Interstellar Immigrant

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By Jake Parks
May 21, 2018 11:50 AMNov 19, 2019 3:04 AM
New research suggests the asteroid 2015 BZ509 may have originally traveled to the solar system from another star. (Credit: NASA/JPL)
New research suggests the asteroid 2015 BZ509 may have originally traveled to the solar system from another star. (Credit: NASA/JPL)

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Less than a year ago, astronomers discovered ‘Oumuamua, the first known object from another star system to pass through our own. Now, in a new study published today in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, astronomers announced the discovery of the first interstellar object known to have taken up permanent residence around the Sun.

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