BordeauxThousands of interstellar objects may already orbit our sun.
If confirmed, one could be sampled directly, the only reachable piece of another star system.
A passing star’s gravity, plus a tug from Jupiter, can strip enough energy from a fast-moving object to trap it here, researchers modeled.
The Vera Rubin Observatory’s decade-long survey could search for one within reach.
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