Astronomers to Check Mysterious Interstellar Object for Signs of Technology
(World News Science)

The email about `a most peculiar object` in the solar system arrived in Yuri Milner´s inbox last week. Milner, the Russian billionaire behind Breakthrough Listen, a $100 million search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, had already heard about the peculiar object. `Oumuamua barreled into view in October, the first interstellar object seen in our solar system. Astronomers around the world chased after the mysterious space rock with their telescopes, collecting as much data as they could as it sped away. Their observations revealed a truly unusual object with puzzling properties. Scientists have long predicted an interstellar visitor would someday coast into our corner of the universe, but...