Prepping for ‘Oumuamua 2.0: Scientists Warn We Need to Be Ready for Next Interstellar Visitor

In 2017, a quarter-mile-long object that may have been ten times as long as it was wide, was identified as the first known and observed interstellar object to pass through our solar system. Dubbed ‘Oumuamua, the cigar-like object was shaped unlike anything previously observed in our solar system.