Center Director Meenakshi Wadhwa was recently featured on NPR's Science Friday, discussing the discovery of an interstellar object in our Solar System!
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This animation shows the path of A/2017 U1, which is an asteroid — or perhaps a comet — as it passed through our inner solar system in September and October 2017. From analysis of its motion, scientists calculate that it probably originated from outside of our solar system.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
