Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In late 2017, a mysterious object tore through our solar system at breakneck speed. Astronomers scrambled to observe the fast-moving body using the world's most powerful telescopes. It was found to be one quarter mile (400m) long and very elongated—perhaps 10 times as long as it was wide. Researchers named it 'Oumuamua, Hawaiian for "scout." 'Oumuamua was later confirmed to be the first object from another star known to h