In 2017, the mysterious interstellar object 'Oumuamua passed through our Solar System, sparking a heated debate about its ...

A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system could be something far stranger than a comet, possibly even alien ...

The interstellar object 'Oumuamua made headlines when it passed through our solar system, sparking intrigue and mystery among ...

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar ...

‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar interloper detected passing through our solar system, raised many questions. According to a new model, the object’s unusual shape and trajectory may be the ...

Is ' Oumuamua a comet — or an alien spaceship? We may never learn for certain the identity of the oblong, stadium-size space object that was seen speeding past Earth in the fall of 2017, but a ...

Still, 'Oumuamua is anything but a standard comet. It lacks a coma, which is the cloud of gas and dust that usually envelops a comet's core, and researchers didn't observe a classic comet tail.

Fleeting visitor The name scientists gave ‘Oumuamua translates from Hawaiian as “a messenger from the distant past, reaching out to us”. On 19 October 2017 – 40 days after it had gone past its closest ...

So, though 'Oumuamua may be the first and only interstellar visitor astronomers have spotted in the solar system, this kind of interstellar object may not be that rare, astronomers say.

`Oumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, is moving away from the Sun faster than expected. This anomalous behavior was detected by a worldwide astronomical ...

‘Oumuamua, named for the Hawaiian term for messenger or scout, was discovered on Oct. 19 by the Pan-STARRS1 telescope system, which searches for nearby objects that could pose a threat to Earth.

The space rock was named Oumuamua, which is Hawaiian for "scout" or "messenger." The rock passed through our solar system in 2017. Astronomers initially classified it as a comet, then an asteroid ...