WASHINGTON — 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… ...

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 on Monday.

This 2018 illustration shows a depiction of the Oumuamua interstellar object as a pancake-shaped disk. (William Hartmann and Michael Belton) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Our solar system’s first ...

This artist's impression shows the first-known interstellar object to visit the solar system, 'Oumuamua, which was discovered on October 19, 2017, by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii, U.S ...

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Scientists investigate 'cigar-shaped' UFO for extraterrestrial signals The groundbreaking observations were made after Dr Michele Bannister and her Belfast team realised ‘Oumuamua was still just ...

The cigar-shaped comet Oumuamua - which baffled scientists when it flew through our solar system in 2017 - could be an interstellar "hydrogen iceberg", according to new research.

The surface is mostly covered with ice, says Rabinowitz, which is probably cracked from the stresses of the rotation. If it is indeed the shape it looks, then it might some day snap in two.