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This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar asteroid, Oumuamua as it passes through the solar system after its discovery. (European Southern Obervatory/M. Kornmesser/Handout/Reuters)
ALIENS

Astrophysicists bicker over extraterrestrial drive-by

​A scientific paper made a splash this week by claiming that a cigar-shaped rock zooming through our solar system may have been sent by aliens

  • Kerry Sheridan
2 min read
This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar asteroid, Oumuamua as it passes through the solar system after its discovery. (European Southern Obervatory/M. Kornmesser/Handout/Reuters)
ALIENS

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

  • Kerry Sheridan
2 min read