Interstellar visitor Oumuamua is NOT an alien craft but a chunk from a Pluto-like exoplanet

Earth’s first interstellar visitor is neither an alien aircraft nor a comet, as some scientists previously speculated when whizzed through our Solar System in 2017. A new study from Arizona State University suggests Oumuamua is nothing more than a chunk from a Pluto-like planet that was blasted off from its home some 400 million years … Read more

New theory of interstellar visitor Oumuamua says it is NOT an alien craft, but a nitrogen iceberg

The interstellar visitor Oumuamua has baffled scientists since it passed through our Solar System in 2017, sparking a number of speculations as it left – a Harvard professor claims it is an alien traveler and others say it is a massive cosmic ‘dust bunny’ or just a comet. Now, a team from Arizona State University … Read more

Harvard physicist digs into his theory that the interstellar visitor Oumuamu is an alien craft

Harvard physicist Avi Loeb is not shy about his idea that Earth’s 2017 interstellar visitor being an extraterrestrial craft and is set to release a book to defending his claim with more detail. The book, titled ‘Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth,’ argues the consensus that Oumuamu is a comet, but likens … Read more

Building blocks of life can form in interstellar clouds before stars and planets

Building blocks of life such as amino acids are able to form in dark interstellar clouds long before the areas of gas and dust turn into stars and planets, new study reveals.  An international team of scientists, led by experts from Queen Mary University of London, simulated the conditions found within dark interstellar clouds of dust. They … Read more

Interstellar visitor Oumuamua is a ‘dust bunny’ formed from particles inside a comet, experts say

Interstellar visitor Oumuamua may be a ‘dust bunny,’ according to experts who say it formed from particles inside an Oort cloud comet and broke off due to hydrodynamic stress Oumuamua, spotted in 2017, is Earth’s first interstellar visitor The discovery has raised many questions, primarily focused on its origins  Experts now say it formed similar to … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The daft idea that became an interstellar smash

Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years Rating: Squeamish About… Rating: Red Dwarf was very nearly the most A-list sitcom of all time. Imagine this: Hugh Laurie as the prissy, uptight hologram, Rimmer.  Alfred Molina as his stand-in. And Alan Rickman playing Lister, the last living human and the biggest slob in the universe. That’s … Read more

Interstellar comet Borisov DID survive its closest approach to the Sun

Interstellar comet Borisov DID survive its closest approach to the Sun in its journey through the Solar System – but partially broke apart in the process Astronomers say the comet ‘partially broke up’ as it reached inner solar system  They plan to study the material it left behind to find out more about its makeup  … Read more

Interstellar visitor Oumuamua may be a 900ft long hydrogen iceberg

Interstellar visitor Oumuamua may be a 900ft long hydrogen iceberg – and scientists say there could be more on the way Researchers looked at the properties shown by the 900ft Oumuamua visitor  They found it was likely made of frozen hydrogen – something rare in nature  This hydrogen iceberg could be the first of many … Read more

Scientists discover 19 interstellar asteroids between Jupiter and Neptune

Hiding in plain sight: Scientists discover 19 interstellar asteroids between Jupiter and Neptune that may have been orbiting the Sun for more than 4.5 billion years The 19 asteroids were found orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune   They joined the solar system around 4.5billion years ago and never left   As the universe expanded and the … Read more

Interstellar comet Borisov is surrounded by a poisonous cloud of carbon monoxide

Borisov, a comet from another star system, was surrounded by a cloud of poisonous ice that had to have formed in a region of space colder than anything known to man. Researchers from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center found that it must have formed in the outer edges of its original star system – known … Read more