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Space
Space
Science
Darryl Seligman

Could the solar system be teeming with interstellar objects? We'll soon find out (op-ed)

Artist's illustration of a pancake-shaped comet in deep space outgassing a whitish cloud of hydrogen.

How do you tell the difference between a spaceship and a space rock?  

For astronomers like me, this question has proved tricky — so tricky that we were very nearly fooled when the first recorded interstellar object, named 'Oumuamua, was spotted passing through the inner solar system in 2017.

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