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October 3, 2019 07:00 am

New Theory On Mysterious Oumuamua Space Object Revealed

In 2017, astronomers discovered a peculiar object in the solar system called 'Oumuamua that was somehow ejected into our solar system from some chain of unfortunate events. "Now, astronomers have hypothesized that something like 'Oumuamua can come from a still-forming system, and a population of giant planets can have just the right gravitational effects to spread pieces of debris across the galaxy," according to the Live Science article written by astrophysicist Paul Sutter. From a report: The dull shaped object is only a few hundred feet long and very thin. It has a very dull red color. Live Science noted older solar systems don't eject enough raw material to saturate the galaxy. But young solar systems are different. Particularly, those with Neptune-like planets, on the edge of a solar system with reservoirs of comets around it. Enough interaction with the debris field and a Neptune-like planet could send objects like Oumuamua flying out into interstellar space. But Sutter cautions this is strictly a hypothesis. "The more we watch the skies, the more interstellar interlopers we are sure to find," he wrote.

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