Scientists want to build an “interstellar interceptor” to play hide and seek with the next “Oumuamua”
Artist’s rendering of the first identified interstellar object, ‘Oumuamua. (Image credit: M. Kornmesser/ESO) (opens in a new tab) A team of scientists has proposed building an “interstellar interceptor”, a spacecraft capable of closing in on and approaching the next asteroid or comet to enter the planet. solar system. So far, astronomers have spotted two such …