ʻOumuamua is remarkable for its extrasolar origin, high obliqueness, and observed acceleration without an apparent coma. By July 2019, most astronomers concluded that it was a natural …

Nov 12, 2024 · NASA’s James Webb Telescope has just achieved what many considered impossible: capturing the first real image of Oumuamua, that mysterious interstellar traveler …

Jun 27, 2018 · The interstellar object 'Oumuamua perplexed scientists in October 2017 as it whipped past Earth at an unusually high speed. This mysterious visitor is the first object ever …

Dec 5, 2024 · The first known interstellar object to visit our solar system, 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua, was discovered Oct. 19, 2017 by the University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS1 telescope, funded …

Nov 5, 2024 · Unlike any known comet or asteroid, 'Oumuamua showed no coma — the gaseous halo typically associated with icy objects in the inner Solar System. And it accelerated rapidly …

Sep 19, 2023 · 1I/'Oumuamua was a small object that came from interstellar space and passed close to the sun as it traveled through the inner solar system in the autumn...

The object known as 1I/2017 U1 (and nicknamed ‘Oumuamua) was traveling too fast (196,000 mph, that’s 54 miles per second or 87.3 kilometers per second) to have originated in our solar …

Mar 22, 2023 · Its high speed—87 km per second (54 mi. per second)—and highly elliptical angle indicated that it originated from deep space, the first known interstellar object ever to enter...

Mar 22, 2023 · In October of 2017, astronomers in Hawaii spotted an object they called 'Oumuamua, which means "a messenger from afar arriving first," according to NASA. The …

Mar 23, 2023 · ‘Oumuamua became the first observed interstellar object to zip through our solar system in 2017. Now, researchers think they have uncovered a simple solution for what …