Has an alien probe entered our solar system? Astronomers think so and are scanning cigar-shaped object named Oumuamua

Has an alien probe entered our solar system? Cigar-shaped interstellar 'comet' Oumuamua is being investigated for signs of extraterrestrial technology

Astronomers are set to scan an 'alien' comet for signs of extraterrestrial signals

The cigar-shaped object, named 'Oumuamua, sailed past Earth last month

The mysterious comet is the first interstellar object seen in the solar system

Now a team of alien-hunting scientists led by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner is scanning the object for radio signals

The cigar-shaped asteroid, named 'Oumuamua by its discoverers, sailed past Earth last month and is the first interstellar object seen in the solar system.

A team of alien-hunting scientists, led by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, will scan the comet this week before it sails beyond the reach of Earth's telescopes.

They say they are looking for radio signals, claiming the mysterious visitor could be an alien spaceship.

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'The more I study this object, the more unusual it appears, making me wonder whether it might be an artificially made probe which was sent by an alien civilisation,' Professor Avi Loeb, the chair of Harvard's astronomy department and one of Milner's advisers on Breakthrough Listen, wrote in the email.

Professor Loeb said the space rock's peculiar elongated shape is odd for a common space rock but ideal for a ship flying between star systems.

Breakthrough Listen has now announced the program will scan 'Oumuamua this week for signs of radio signals.

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