Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system. Preliminary observations suggest it came from interstellar space, and if confirmed, it would mark the third discovery of an interstellar object in history.

Update: NASA has confirmed the object is an interstellar comet and says it has been officially named 3I/ATLAS.

An object thought to have come from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to whip around the sun in the coming months