The Everyday Solar System Challenge. By Phil Plait. March 09, 2013 8:00 AM. ... create a set of pictures of everyday objects that look like the planets in the solar system. ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

NASA telescopes in Chile have discovered a comet from interstellar space, making its closest approach in October.

On it, you can view objects in our solar system from different viewpoints and moments in time. Fill out each drop down menu (date, field of view, ect,) and then click run simulator.

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system ...

The idea that objects, e.g., rocks, are arriving from the Alpha Centauri system in our solar system appears reasonable and to be expected. However, the study is only a first order crude ...

The future looks promising with the LSST, which is expected to detect many more interstellar objects and identify dark comets within our own solar system. Thanks to its ideal location in the Atacama ...

Predictions of the LSST Solar System Yield: Near-Earth Objects, Main Belt Asteroids, Jupiter Trojans, and Trans-Neptunian Objects. The Astronomical Journal (submitted to arXiv) , 2025 DOI: 10.3847 ...