Interstellar Asteroid "Like Nothing Seen Before"

Space Weather News for Nov. 20, 2017 http://spaceweather.com https://www.facebook.com/spaceweatherdotcom INTERSTELLAR ASTEROID "LIKE NOTHING EVER SEEN": Last month, telescopes around the world rushed to observe an asteroid from interstellar space as it raced through our Solar System. Some of the data from those observations was published in today's edition of Nature, and they reveal an object like no one has ever seen before. The deep-space asteroid, named "'Oumuamua", is tinged dark red, made of dense rock or metal, and shaped roughly like a giant cigar at least 400 meters long. Get the full story on today's edition of  Spaceweather.com. Remember, SpaceWeather.com is on Facebook! Above: An artist's concept of interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua based on data published Nov. 20th in the research journal Nature. Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2017 Spaceweather.com, All rights reserved.