The First Known Interstellar Asteroid Looks Incredibly Weird

  • 6 years ago

Scientists have released their analysis of ‘Oumuamua’ an interstellar object that was spotted from a Hawaiian telescope last month. The fast moving rock which is not from our solar system is oddly shaped, it looks like a cigar measuring at 800 meters by 80 meters by 80 meters. ‘Oumuamua’ which is a hawaiian name for ‘a messenger from afar arriving first’, set up a conundrum for scientists with its chemical makeup and asteroid like behavior.

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