Telescopes around the world are now tracking a new visitor to our celestial neighborhood. Streaking through at a speed and trajectory that not even the Sun's immense gravity can capture, we will only ...

The bizarre movements of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua may have a reasonable explanation that has nothing to do with intelligent aliens, new research finds. The strange interstellar visitor — the ...

Remember what feels like decades ago, when we were visited by a comet from another solar system in 2019? Interstellar comet ‘Oumuamua captured headlines when its cigar-shaped body was spotted ...

Observations from Hubble and ground-based observatories have confirmed ?Oumuamua got an unexpected boost in speed and shift in trajectory as it passed through the inner solar system last year. “Our ...

The intriguing celestial object known as 3I/ATLAS has sparked debate over whether it is a natural comet or alien technology. Recent reports have consistently debunked the alien hypothesis, reaffirming ...

A recent astronomical discovery has left scientists puzzled as they track an object accelerating in a manner that defies the current understanding of physics. This enigmatic object, potentially ...

An artist's vision of the first interstellar object discovered in the solar system, 'Oumuamua. (ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser) Scientists have come up with a simple explanation for the strange ...

Remember Oumuamua, that weird and allegedly alien object that flew past Earth back in 2017, when we were all so young and starry-eyed? Now, some scientists have a new and boring explanation for what ...

Get ready to unravel the mysteries of 'Oumuamua, the captivating cosmic messenger that has puzzled scientists and enthusiasts alike since 2017. We are thrilled to invite you to a thought-provoking ...

A new explanation for the space pancake's eccentric orbit has astronomers buzzing. By Briley Lewis Published Mar 23, 2023 2:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

The astronomers operating the Pan-STARRS1 telescope on the island of Maui were not expecting to hit cosmic paydirt on Oct. 19, 2017—but they did. On what was otherwise an ordinary night of skygazing, ...

An object from another star system that made a brief appearance in our skies guised as an asteroid turns out to be a tiny interstellar comet. ‘Oumuamua, a name that reflects the Hawaiian meaning for ...