New Class of Icy Interstellar Objects Discovered
https://blog.joshuniverse.com/new-class-of-icy-interstellar-objects-discovered
Discovery of potential new class of icy interstellar objects challenges existing models, revealing complex cosmic mysteries and diversity.
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When do they graduate?
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-peculiar-icy-outer-milky-perplex.html
Peculiar icy objects in outer reaches of the Milky Way perplex astronomers
… both could be dense clouds of gas or a type of star that has not been seen before …
… both objects appear to be approximately 10 times the size of the solar system, which the researchers describe as very small for a gas cloud …
… the gas surrounding both objects is made up mostly of silicon dioxide, with a little carbon dioxide …
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.05008
(preprint)
