In 2017, our solar system received its first interstellar visitor, an unknown object named ‘Oumuamua.The massive visitor was believed to be over 300 feet long and baffled scientists. Somehow ...

Asteroids and comets tend to be heavy, but Oumuamua—the first interstellar visitor spotted passing through our solar system—acted impossibly light.Today, two years after the object receded ...

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 ...

Meet 'Oumuamua: 1I/2017 U1, the first known interstellar object observed within our solar system. Its name means "a messenger from afar arriving first" in Hawaiian. 'Oumuamua was first detected on ...

The interstellar identity crisis is over: ‘Oumuamua, that strange, somersaulting space rock from far outside our solar system, is a comet after all, astronomers say.

When 'Oumuamua passed by our Sun, it certainly got hot—its surface temperature reached 550 degrees Fahrenheit. Yet, says Fitzsimmons, “this thing didn’t behave like a comet.” ...

This article originally appeared on Sky & Telescope.. The brief interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua left many mysteries in the wake of its zippy flight through the solar system. The changes in its ...

But when ‘Oumuamua passed by our sun, it didn’t behave like an object made of ice. Oumuamua is the first known object to enter our solar system from elsewhere in the universe.

Unidentified interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua might be a comet that lost its tail after being hit by the sun's cosmic rays.

In April, another group of researchers suggested 'Oumuamua – which means "pathfinder" or "scout" in Hawaiian – could have been ripped from a larger object due to gravity from a nearby star.

Researchers at Harvard University claim 'Oumuamua,' the first object from outside our solar system, might have alien origins. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get ...

A new study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, suggests the interstellar object could be made of hydrogen ice.Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, but it's rarely observed in ...