Unidentified Interstellar Object Found in Our Solar System
Sarah Lewin, Associate Editor for Space.com, discusses the latest scientific discovery found in our solar system, which has astronomers scratching their heads. Oumuamua first left scientists thinking it might have held alien life.
The object was first thought to be an asteroid. But because of its outer consistency, scientists think it is closer to a comet. Researchers are still studying the object, but because of advances in technology, they expect to find more objects like this in our solar system more often.
Awakened by howling winds that tore through his Maui neighborhood, Shane Treu went out at dawn and saw a wooden power pole suddenly snap with a flash, its sparking, popping line falling to the dry grass below and quickly igniting a row of flames.
The wildfire that swept across Maui a week ago turned one of the nation’s most celebrated island vistas into an ashen moonscape and killed at least 99 people, a number that officials warn could rise by scores as the search continues.
