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Scientists have come up with a simple explanation for the strange movements of our solar system's first known visitor from another star. In October of 2017, astronomers in Hawaii spotted an object ...

An artist's vision of the first interstellar object discovered in the solar system, 'Oumuamua. (ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser) Scientists have come up with a simple explanation for the strange ...