An Artist's Impression (IMAGE)

Queen's University Belfast

An Artist's Impression

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An artist's impression shows the first interstellar asteroid, 'Oumuamua. Observations show that this unique object was traveling through space for millions of years before its chance encounter with our star system.

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Credit: ESO/M.Kornmesser

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