Tag: comet formation


  • Interstellar Visitors Redefining How Planets and Comets Form

    Interstellar Visitors Redefining How Planets and Comets Form

    Introduction: A new chapter in planetary science In just eight years, three confirmed interstellar visitors have streaked through our solar system, challenging long-held assumptions about how planets and comets form. Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/ATLAS are not merely curiosities; they are data points that force scientists to reconsider the diversity and origins of material that shapes…

  • Interstellar Visitors Are Upending Our Theories On Planet And Comet Formation

    Interstellar Visitors Are Upending Our Theories On Planet And Comet Formation

    Introduction: A new era of cosmic visitors Over the last eight years, humanity has been visited not by missions or probes, but by a trio of interstellar objects that burned bright in the sky and baffled scientists. Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/ATLAS are not mere curiosities. They are empirical jolts to our understanding of how planets…

  • Interstellar Visitors Upend Planet and Comet Formation Theories

    Interstellar Visitors Upend Planet and Comet Formation Theories

    Introduction: A trio of interstellar visitors changing the game In the past eight years, our solar system has been visited by three confirmed interstellar objects: 1I/’Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov, and 3I/ATLAS. Each is distinct, challenging long-held ideas about how planets and comets form around stars. The discoveries suggest that interstellar travelers—made far beyond our own stellar neighborhood—could…