Our Solar System’s First Known Interstellar Object Gets Unexpected Speed Boost

Thursday, July 5, 2018 - 17:59 in Astronomy & Space

Portal origin URL: Our Solar System’s First Known Interstellar Object Gets Unexpected Speed BoostPortal origin nid: 427006Published: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 - 12:02Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Using observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, an international team of scientists have confirmed ′Oumuamua (oh-MOO-ah-MOO-ah), the first known interstellar object to travel through our solar system, got an unexpected boost in speed and shift in trajectory as it passed through the inner solar system last year.Portal image: This illustration shows ‘Oumuamua racing toward the outskirts of our solar system. Science Categories: Universe

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