Why Was ‘Oumuamua So Weird? New Research Tries to Track Its Origins.

By Paul Sutter In 2017, astronomers were startled to find a peculiar object in the solar system. A combination of this object’s incredible speed and ridiculous inclination revealed that it did not belong to us. Instead, this object was a visitor from some distant, unknown solar system altogether. Astronomers eventually named it ‘Oumuamua, which is a …