Object from outside solar system tracked

An image of interstellar object A11pI3Z. Pic/AFP

Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system.

Scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, European Space Agency said.

The harmless object is currently near Jupiter, millions of kilometers, away and moving toward Mars, but it should get no closer to the sun than that, according to scientists.

It's too soon to know whether the object, designated A11pl3Z, is a rocky asteroid or a icy comet, or how big and what shape it is. More observations are needed to confirm its origins.

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