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Mon Dec 18, 2017, 04:13 PM Dec 2017

Oumuamua: First alien object to visit our solar system is wrapped in strange organic coat [View all]

ANDREW GRIFFIN

Monday 18 December 2017 16:00 GMT


The first ever interstellar visitor to our solar system is wrapped in a layer of organic insulation, scientists have said.

Oumuamua has enthralled astronomers and the public since it flew through the solar system in October.

As the first alien rock to travel here from another star, it was immediately recognised as highly unusual – but as scientists learn more about the object, they are discovering how strange it actually is.

Its strangeness has even led to suggestions it could be an alien artefact, rather than just an incredibly abnormal natural object.


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