An interstellar asteroid might have just been spotted for the first time

The interloper could carry information about the makeup of alien planet systems

A/2017 U1's trajectory

INTERSTELLAR INTERLOPER?  The unusual trajectory of an asteroid, called A/2017 U1, suggests it came from outside the solar system and is now on its way out again.

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Astronomers may have just spotted the first asteroid caught visiting the solar system from another star.