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New Study: Interstellar Objects from Alpha Centauri Discovered

2/18/2025

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Astronomers at The University of Western Ontario have made an exciting discovery: our solar system might be receiving interstellar material from Alpha Centauri, just 4.25 light years away. Their research estimates that over a million objects larger than 328 feet could be lurking in the Oort Cloud, with some potentially entering Earth's atmosphere as visible meteorites.

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Astronomers at The University of Western Ontario have made an exciting discovery: our solar system might be receiving interstellar material from Alpha Centauri, just 4.25 light years away. Their research estimates that over a million objects larger than 328 feet could be lurking in the Oort Cloud, with some potentially entering Earth's atmosphere as visible meteorites.