Mystery Atlas'Oumuamua Natural-Object Explanation
The mainstream scientific explanation: 'Oumuamua is a natural interstellar body, most likely a fragment of a planetesimal ejected from another star system, whose non-gravitational acceleration results from outgassing of volatile ices (proposed candidates include hydrogen or nitrogen ice) too faint to produce a visibly detectable comet-like tail or coma.
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- 'Oumuamuadetected 19 October 2017
'Oumuamua Natural-Object Explanation attempts to explain 'Oumuamua.
Theories & Explanations
'Oumuamua Natural-Object Explanation contradicts 'Oumuamua Artificial-Origin (Lightsail) Hypothesis — The overwhelming majority of astronomers hold that a natural explanation, though not yet fully confirmed in its specific mechanism, remains far better supported than an artificial-origin claim resting on the absence of a detected alternative.