Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, speeding through our celestial neighborhood.

This is only the third known interstellar object to pass through our cosmic neighborhood, following in the footsteps of 1I/ʻOumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. The interstellar comet is currently traveling toward the inner solar system from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.

It's too soon to know whether the object is a rocky asteroid or an icy comet, or how big and what shape it is.