New Study Claims Our Solar System Is Home To Millions Of Interstellar Objects

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Our solar system may not be as isolated as we once thought. According to a new study, more than 1 million interstellar objects could be lurking in the outer reaches of our cosmic neighborhood, quietly drifting in the Oort Cloud⁘the vast, icy shell of comets and asteroids at the edge of the solar system.

The researchers involved in the new study say these aren⁘t just random space rocks, either. Instead, they argue they⁘ve traveled light-years, originating from Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth. Until now, though, astronomers have only confirmed two interstellar visitors.

The first interstellar object was ⁘Oumuamua, an elongated space rock that some even speculated was an alien spacecraft in 2017, and the comet Borisov in 2019. The latter behaved more like a typical comet but still appeared to have traveled from well beyond our solar system.

However, new simulations suggest that these weren⁘t isolated objects. Instead, the universe is full of these intriguing cosmic hitchhikers , and many may have liked the Oort Cloud so much that they⁘ve taken up permanent residence here⁘at least in a manner of speaking.

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