Yet, this model even wants 'Oumuamua-like objects to be produced very close to the host star. This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar object known to pass through the solar system: 'Oumuamua. Astronomers have been trying to understand the mysterious interstellar object that zipped through our solar system in 2017, dubbed 'Oumuamua. ‘Oumuamua remained undetected until it was already on its way out of the solar system. The solar system’s first recorded interstellar visitor has a new proposed origin story. An eminent Harvard astronomer is still spending a lot of his time thinking about our first alien encounter in 2017. The interstellar object—named "Oumuamua"—was first observed through the Pan-STARRS telescope at Hawaii's Haleakala Observatory in 2017. Tags 'Oumuamua alien civilization Avi Loeb comet Interstellar interstellar comet Interstellar object light sail lightsail Science space spacecraft technology ufo Paul Seaburn is the editor at Mysterious Universe and its most prolific writer. More importantly, the shape is the issue. SST was pointed at the interstellar object for two months after its closest pass of Earth, when the object was 15 million miles away or so. The infrared Spitzer was one of many telescopes pointed at 'Oumuamua in the weeks after its discovery that October. In November 2017, scientists pointed NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope toward the object known as 'Oumuamua — the first known interstellar object to visit our solar system. Yet, this model even wants 'Oumuamua-like objects to be produced very close to the host star. So that makes it even less likely to happen. Oumuamua was the first interstellar object to be seen passing through our solar system, and it was a big science story in the last few months of 2017. So, there was no way to intercept or capture high-resolution photographs of the object… So that makes it even less likely to happen. Mysterious 'Oumuamua interstellar object may have simple explanation after all New study aligns with previous research suggesting the object is a comet, not an alien spacecraft. More importantly, the shape is the issue. Researchers determined that it … The unique object was discovered on …