Astronomers race to study interstellar interloper

Number 3 so far. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory on Cerro Pachón in Chile is expected to find between six and 51 additional visitors over the coming decade.

“We get these tiny memories of solar systems past zipping through,” Noonan says. “And we have months to characterize them as best as we can before they’re gone again.”
- Auburn University astronomer John Noonan

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