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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of interstellar comet ‘Oumuamua. | Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Olmsted and F. Summers (STScI) The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have been a fragment of an icy exoplanet, research suggests. When 1I/’Oumuamua was first spotted in …

The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have been a fragment of an icy exoplanet, research suggests. When 1I/’Oumuamua was first spotted in 2017, astronomers quickly determined that it came from outside the solar system. But although it was initially classified as a comet from another star system, it may actually be the skin of an “exo-Pluto,” …