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Astro News Bytes: An Interstellar Asteroid

We recently discovered the first-ever identified visitor from another solar system: the interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua.
By Astronomy Staff | Published: January 5, 2018 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

You can get the whole story in News:

The first known interstellar interloper

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