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Planetary science

Planetary science

‘Oumuamua: visitor from another star

(Courtesy: Jordan Collver)
12 Feb 2019
Taken from the February 2019 issue of Physics World.

Asteroid, comet, alien ship or something else altogether? Astronomers are still unsure about the true nature of ‘Oumuamua – the first confirmed interstellar object to be detected in our solar system – as Andrew Glester finds

There is an interstellar interloper in our solar system that has astronomers firing shots at each ot

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Andrew Glester is the host of the Physics World Stories podcast and the Cosmic Shed podcast, which explores the way science and storytelling collide. He is also the co-ordinator of the Space Universities Network, @astrondrew
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