When astronomers detected the first known interstellar object, 'Oumuamua, in 2017, it sparked a host of new studies trying to ...

‘Oumuamua, the first interstellar object detected within our solar system, exhibited unusual characteristics including an extreme shape and non-gravitational acceleration, prompting diverse hypotheses ...

In a pair of papers published in 2018 and 2021 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, planetary scientist Steve Desch and his colleague Alan Jackson, both from Arizona State University, ...

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 ...