This is only the third known interstellar object to pass through our cosmic neighborhood, following in the footsteps of 1I/ʻOumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. The interstellar comet is currently traveling toward the inner solar system from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.

It appears our solar system is getting more popular with out-of-towners. Astronomers have found a third interstellar object, something that has origins beyond our own solar system. The object, dubbed A11pl3Z,

Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system. Scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system,