Is 'Oumuamua an Interstellar Asteroid or Comet? (VIDEO)

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Observatories including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope found that the interstellar object named 'Oumuamua gained an extra boost of speed, which likely comes from comet-like jets of gas. YouTube: https://youtu.be/PYxhxUik5PY Downloadable: https://svsdev.gsfc.nasa.gov/12988

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Katrina Jackson

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