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Artist impression of asteroid Oumuamua

by

Nasa/ESA/Novapix

Reference

a-ast99-99005

Date

2018-08-29

This artist's illustration shows the wayward interstellar visitor Oumuamua racing toward the outskirts of our solar system. The object, heated by the Sun (lower right), is venting gaseous material from its surface, as a comet would.