It seems to me that "the universe" is not an appropriate term for our close planetary neighborhood.
There is a difference between an interstellar object passing within 85 times the distance to the Moon (so closer than Mars at closest approach to Earth) and say a supernova thousands or millions of light years away (and hence thousands or millions of years ago).
I don't know where the universe begins, but I'd say Low Earth Orbit and the Moon don't qualify while Proxima Centauri does. For reference:
Distance from ground to space: ~100 km
Distance from California to Australia: ~12,000 km
Distance to the Moon: ~400,000 km
Distance to 'Oumuamua's closest approach: ~33,000,000 km
Distance to Mars at closest approach: ~55,000,000 km
Distance to the Sun: ~150,000,000 km
Distance to Neptune: ~4,500,000,000 km
Current distance to 'Oumuamua ~5,000,000,000 km
Distance to Sedna: ~13,000,000,000 km
Distance to Proxima Centauri: ~40,000,000,000,000 km
There is a difference between an interstellar object passing within 85 times the distance to the Moon (so closer than Mars at closest approach to Earth) and say a supernova thousands or millions of light years away (and hence thousands or millions of years ago).
I don't know where the universe begins, but I'd say Low Earth Orbit and the Moon don't qualify while Proxima Centauri does. For reference:
Distance from ground to space: ~100 km
Distance from California to Australia: ~12,000 km
Distance to the Moon: ~400,000 km
Distance to 'Oumuamua's closest approach: ~33,000,000 km
Distance to Mars at closest approach: ~55,000,000 km
Distance to the Sun: ~150,000,000 km
Distance to Neptune: ~4,500,000,000 km
Current distance to 'Oumuamua ~5,000,000,000 km
Distance to Sedna: ~13,000,000,000 km
Distance to Proxima Centauri: ~40,000,000,000,000 km