Astronomers Track Object That May Have Originated Outside the Solar System

The Milky Way over the Haleakala Observatory and the lights of Kahului, at right, at the summit of Haleakala National Park near Kula, Hawaii on Nov. 23, 2024. Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—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, the European Space Agency said Wednesday.