Artist's Impression of the Interstellar Asteroid `Oumuamua (IMAGE)

ESA/Hubble Information Centre

Artist's Impression of the Interstellar Asteroid `Oumuamua

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This artist's impression shows the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, `Oumuamua. Observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and others show that the object is moving faster than predicted while leaving the Solar System.

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ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser

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