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By Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
October 30, 2017
![[article image]](https://cacm.acm.org/system/assets/0002/9182/103017.jpl.nasa.asteroid_a2017_u1.large.jpg?1509375627&1509375626 "Asteroid (or comet) A/2017 U1")
A small, recently discovered asteroid—or perhaps a comet&mdsah;appears to have originated from outside the solar system, coming from somewhere else in our galaxy. If so, it would be the first "interstellar object" to be observed and confirmed by astronomers.
From Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA
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