Mysterious comet of interstellar origin spotted zooming toward Earth

The massive space rock — which boasts the cosmically dull official name of C/2019 Q4 — was first discovered by an amateur stargazer from the ...

Visitor from Far, Far Away: Interstellar Object Spotted in Our Solar ...

When A/2017 U1 was first spotted, it was thought to be a comet (and was therefore given the moniker C/2017 U1). But further observations have ...

ʻOumuamua - Wikipedia

ʻOumuamua is the first interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System. Formally designated 1I/2017 U1, it was discovered by Robert Weryk ...

Mystery of interstellar comet 'Oumuamua has been solved, scientists ...

The icy object, called 'Oumuamua, which roughly translates to "messenger from afar" or "scout" in Hawaiian, was unlike any object ever seen in ...

Bizarre comet from another star system just spotted

In the sleepy predawn hours of August 30, a Ukrainian amateur astronomer named Gennady Borisov spotted a strange comet zooming through our solar ...

Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua not an alien spacecraft. It's just ...

An artist's depiction of the interstellar comet 'Oumuamua. Leaking hydrogen may be speeding up the mysterious interstellar object ' ...

'Oumuamua - NASA Science

The first known interstellar object to visit our solar system, 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua, was discovered Oct ... comets that could pose an impact hazard to Earth. Keep ...

Military Memo Deepens Possible Interstellar Meteor Mystery

The U.S. Space Command seemed to confirm a claim that a meteor from outside the solar system had entered Earth's atmosphere, but other ...

An alien comet from another star is soaring through our solar system

This is an interstellar comet — an ancient ball of ice and gas and dust, formed on the frozen outskirts of a distant star, which some lucky ...

A Second Interstellar Visitor Has Arrived in Our Solar System. This ...

Gennady Borisov, an amateur astronomer working with his own telescope in Crimea, first spotted the interstellar comet on Aug. 30. His find made ...

We May Have Solved The Mystery Of The Interstellar Comet!

From what it seems to be, to the different theories and new theories about its origins, and more! Join me as we explore Oumuamua: We May ...

Why Oumuamua, the Interstellar Visitor, Looks Eerily Familiar

That would be the nature of a strange interloper, Oumuamua, that came zooming through the solar system in 2017. Interstellar comet? Cosmic ...

Scientists uncover what accelerated an interstellar comet ... - CNN

'Oumuamua became the first observed interstellar object to zip through our solar system in 2017. Now, researchers think they have uncovered ...

Oumuamua: Can we catch an interstellar interloper?

Scientists are racing to design spacecraft to reach the enigmatic 'Oumuamua — or be ready for the next one. ... Now far ...

This interstellar visitor was not an alien spacecraft, researchers say

On October 19, 2017, the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii spotted something strange zooming through our solar system ... comet or an asteroid that had originated ...

New origin story of 'Oumuamua interstellar visitor does not involve ...

The mysterious object 'Oumuamua, which was spotted zooming through the inner solar system in October 2017, is probably a fragment of a larger body that was ...

'Oumuamua, First-Known Interstellar Visitor, Likely Born from 2 Stars ...

The mysterious, needle-shaped object 'Oumuamua, which was spotted zooming through Earth's neighborhood last October, probably originated in a two-star system.

The Mystery of Our First Interstellar Visitor Just Got More Complicated

... Earth at an unusually high speed. This mysterious visitor is the first object ever seen in our solar system that is known to have originated ...

A surprisingly simple explanation for interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua's ...

All of this was highly strange to astronomers. Most comets are essentially dirty snowballs that periodically approach the sun from the outer ...

A weird, cigar-shaped object flew through the solar system last year ...

In October 2017, astronomers saw a cigar-shaped rock called 'Oumuamua passing through our solar system. Scientists believe it's a comet that ...