Scientists shocked by a giant object that just entered our solar system and try to Destroy the planet

Astronomers may have spotted the first interstellar visitor that could be detected from Earth, originating somewhere else in the Milky Way. The celestial body in question, whose exact nature is still being determined, was seen sprinting through the solar system.

Scientists discovered the mystery object, referred to as A/2017 U1 by astronomers, during the early part of September with the help of the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope — a wide-field survey observatory at the University of Hawaii.

The object was immediately recognized to be an unusual one, but the astronomers could not explain its motion using either a normal solar system comet or asteroid orbit. Later on, with the help of combined data, the researchers could establish that the object was an interstellar visitor.

Astronomer Karen Meech added that researchers have suspected the existence of such objects for long because when planets form, the planetary systems eject a lot of material. However, scientists are surprised because they have never seen interstellar objects pass through the solar system before.

It wasn’t circling in an ecliptic plane like planets and comets and asteroids in our solar system as they orbit the sun, but rather it approached from above and seemed to come from the constellation Lyra. It crossed through the elliptical plane of Mercury’s orbit back in September, and was caught by the sun’s gravity, where it was hurled back in the other direction and came within 15 million miles of Earth. Now, it’s headed for the constellation Pegasus.