PLAY PODCASTS
Rarest Objects That Visited Our Solar System

Rarest Objects That Visited Our Solar System

Bright Side Universe

September 29, 202512m 22s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (traffic.megaphone.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Our solar system has had some really rare visitors. Oumuamua was the first known interstellar object to zip through our solar system, and scientists think it might be a weird-shaped asteroid or even a piece of a broken planet. Then there's Comet Borisov, another interstellar traveler that gave us a peek at what comets from other solar systems look like. Asteroid 514107, also known as Kaʻepaokaʻāwela, has an unusual backwards orbit around the sun, probably because it was captured from another star system. Let's dive into their unusual world!


Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices