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Harvard Professor, Searching For Remains Of Interstellar Object, Finds "Promising Material"
Two confirmed interstellar objects have entered the solar system in recent years: 'Oumuamua' in 2017, and Comet Borisov in 2019.
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Unidentified Interstellar Bids Goodbye To Solar System, Leaves Mystery Behind
Oumuamua's speed and trajectory revealed it originated outside the solar system, making it the first known interstellar object.
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Scientists Launch Undersea Expedition to Look For Interstellar Meteor That Hit Earth In 2014: Report
A meteorite believed to have come from beyond the solar system crashed into the ocean in 2014 off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Scientists have now launched an expedition to the depths of the ocean to search for the space rock.
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NASA Video Shows Comet Borisov Visiting From Outside Our Solar System
NASA's Hubble Telescope has photographed the interstellar Comet Borisov at a distance of 260 million miles (about 41.84 crore km) from Earth. Comet Borisov is the only second interstellar object to ever enter our solar system: the first such visitor was an object officially named "Oumuamua".
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First Known Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Could Be Alien Listening Device, Harvard Professor Speculates
A Harvard astrophysics professor has suggested the mysterious interstellar object “Oumuamua” could be linked to the dozens of UAVs reported by US military planes over the years. Avi Loeb claimed that Oumuamua, first discovered in 2017, could be a listening device designed by an extraterrestrial intelligent civilisation that is dropping “senso...
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Mystery Space Object Probably Not Aliens
For a week in late-October 2017, data was collected as the object sped through the solar system.
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Scientists Say Cigar-Shaped Interstellar Object Not An Alien Spaceship
After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.
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Scientists Push Back Against Harvard 'Alien Spacecraft' Theory
Oumuamua, the first interstellar object known to enter our solar system, accelerated faster away from the Sun than expected.
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Cigar-Shaped Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua Classified As Comet
The reddish cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted last year tumbling through space is a comet, scientists said on Wednesday, solving the mystery over how to classify the first interstellar object found passing through our solar system.
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An Alien Star Sideswiped Our Solar System And Sent Comets Reeling, Scientists Say
Some 70,000 years ago, when humans and Neanderthals shared the planet, an alien star streaked through the outer edges of our solar system and jostled its contents, astronomers say.
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Visitor From Alien Star System Wears Insulating Coat: Astronomers
A cigar-shaped rock zooming through our Solar System -- the first object from a foreign star system ever spotted in our midst -- is cloaked in a coat of organic material, astronomers said Monday.
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This Visitor From Beyond Our Solar System Will Be Probed For Signs Of Life
Our solar system has a visitor. It's cylindrical, dark and reddish, a quarter-mile long. The object won't be staying. This fall, astronomers announced that the thing came blazing into our neck of the galaxy at speeds of up to 196,000 mph. It is now headed away as quickly as it came.
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Why Asteroid That Zipped Through Our Solar System Last Month Is Important
A rocky cigar-shaped object detected in space last month came from another solar system, astronomers said Monday as they confirmed an unprecedented observation.
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Harvard Professor, Searching For Remains Of Interstellar Object, Finds "Promising Material"
Two confirmed interstellar objects have entered the solar system in recent years: 'Oumuamua' in 2017, and Comet Borisov in 2019.
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Unidentified Interstellar Bids Goodbye To Solar System, Leaves Mystery Behind
Oumuamua's speed and trajectory revealed it originated outside the solar system, making it the first known interstellar object.
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Scientists Launch Undersea Expedition to Look For Interstellar Meteor That Hit Earth In 2014: Report
A meteorite believed to have come from beyond the solar system crashed into the ocean in 2014 off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Scientists have now launched an expedition to the depths of the ocean to search for the space rock.
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NASA Video Shows Comet Borisov Visiting From Outside Our Solar System
NASA's Hubble Telescope has photographed the interstellar Comet Borisov at a distance of 260 million miles (about 41.84 crore km) from Earth. Comet Borisov is the only second interstellar object to ever enter our solar system: the first such visitor was an object officially named "Oumuamua".
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First Known Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Could Be Alien Listening Device, Harvard Professor Speculates
A Harvard astrophysics professor has suggested the mysterious interstellar object “Oumuamua” could be linked to the dozens of UAVs reported by US military planes over the years. Avi Loeb claimed that Oumuamua, first discovered in 2017, could be a listening device designed by an extraterrestrial intelligent civilisation that is dropping “senso...
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Mystery Space Object Probably Not Aliens
For a week in late-October 2017, data was collected as the object sped through the solar system.
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Scientists Say Cigar-Shaped Interstellar Object Not An Alien Spaceship
After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.
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Scientists Push Back Against Harvard 'Alien Spacecraft' Theory
Oumuamua, the first interstellar object known to enter our solar system, accelerated faster away from the Sun than expected.
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Cigar-Shaped Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua Classified As Comet
The reddish cigar-shaped object called 'Oumuamua spotted last year tumbling through space is a comet, scientists said on Wednesday, solving the mystery over how to classify the first interstellar object found passing through our solar system.
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An Alien Star Sideswiped Our Solar System And Sent Comets Reeling, Scientists Say
Some 70,000 years ago, when humans and Neanderthals shared the planet, an alien star streaked through the outer edges of our solar system and jostled its contents, astronomers say.
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Visitor From Alien Star System Wears Insulating Coat: Astronomers
A cigar-shaped rock zooming through our Solar System -- the first object from a foreign star system ever spotted in our midst -- is cloaked in a coat of organic material, astronomers said Monday.
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This Visitor From Beyond Our Solar System Will Be Probed For Signs Of Life
Our solar system has a visitor. It's cylindrical, dark and reddish, a quarter-mile long. The object won't be staying. This fall, astronomers announced that the thing came blazing into our neck of the galaxy at speeds of up to 196,000 mph. It is now headed away as quickly as it came.
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Why Asteroid That Zipped Through Our Solar System Last Month Is Important
A rocky cigar-shaped object detected in space last month came from another solar system, astronomers said Monday as they confirmed an unprecedented observation.
