In 2014, a half-ton, couch-sized meteor entered the atmosphere above Papua New Guinea, brightening the night sky. While seemingly large, it posed no threat, mostly burning up in the atmosphere. This ...

Though he and Loeb were confident in their findings about CNEOS 2014-01-08, and that it predates Oumuamua by three years, scientific journals refused to publish their report because their data came ...

U.S. Space Command says a rock that hit Earth in 2014 came from another star system, but researchers told Gizmodo the claim "isn’t science." Reading time 3 minutes A combined image shows ‘Oumuamua ...

Using a NASA catalog of documented meteor strikes on Earth’s atmosphere, two Harvard University researchers report the detection of the first interstellar meteor ever observed in our solar system. The ...

Explore the interstellar medium here, with our ultimate guide. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Interstellar space is the area ...