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Mike Wehner
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When a bizarre, speedy object cruised through our solar system back in 2017 it seemed that everyone in the astronomy world took notice. It was quickly discovered that the object, dubbed Oumuamua, had come from outside of our own solar system, making it the first interstellar object ever detected by humans. That's pretty exciting stuff all on its own, but once scientists agreed that it was a foreign body the long and complicated task of identifying it began, and four years later it still hasn't stopped.
Researchers could only learn so much about the object due to its speed and the time when it was spotted. The object was already headed back out of our system when scientists first trained their equipment to observe it, so we only know a few things for sure. For one, it was shaped like a cigar or perhaps a pancake (either way, it had a skinny profile when viewed from the side), and it was speeding up as it exited our system. Both of those things left scientists scratching their heads, but a new study suggests the possible origins of the object, and it's definitely worth some consideration.
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Scientists have a new theory about that weird interstellar object originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 20:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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