- Oumuamua, the first interstellar object spotted by mankind, might be a fragment of a planet that was torn apart by its star.
- Researchers ran simulations to try to explain the object’s bizarre, cigar-like shape.
- First spotted in late 2017, Oumuamua is speeding out of our solar system as we speak.
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It’s hard to believe it was way back in 2017 that astronomers spotted the very first interstellar object in our solar system. The object — a long, cigar-shaped mass known as Oumuamua — sped into our system so fast that scientists barely had a chance to spot and study it. By the time they could focus their attention (and high-tech hardware) on it, it was already leaving. Nevertheless, a great deal of data was gathered, and researchers have been working hard to explain the object’s origins ever since.
Scientists argued over whether it was an asteroid, comet, or perhaps even an object created by aliens. All possible options were seemingly already on the table, but a research paper published in Nature Astronomy offers a new and incredibly interesting theory to explain Oumuamua.
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