According to latest report published in Journal Nature Astronomy suggest 'Oumuamua is encased in a dry, carbon-rich crust that could have protected a water-ice core from being vaporized as it made a close pass of our sun earlier this year. You can almost think of it as the hull of a spaceship.
One of the strangest things about interstellar visitor Oumuamua is that when it flew right by the sun, it didn't get a comet-like tail.
Scientists now believe that's because it's coated in a half-metre thick shield.
Oumuamua's strange cigar-like shape, its odd trajectory and lack of tail raised suspicions it could be artificial in origin.
One of the strangest things about interstellar visitor Oumuamua is that when it flew right by the sun, it didn't get a comet-like tail.
Scientists now believe that's because it's coated in a half-metre thick shield.
Oumuamua's strange cigar-like shape, its odd trajectory and lack of tail raised suspicions it could be artificial in origin.
Cigar-shaped Interstellar Object Has a Half-metre Thick Shield
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