The interstellar visitor Oumuamua has baffled scientists for nearly three years, but one group of researchers suggest it is just a cosmic 'dust bunny.' A team from the University of Olso in Norway believes the object developed from particles and gases surrounding the nucleus of an Oort cloud comet. Scroll down for videosThe interstellar visitor Oumuamua has baffled scientists for nearly three years, but one group of researchers suggest it is just a cosmic 'dust bunny.' The team describes a cometary fractal as an object forming from dust blown off the nucleus of a comet – similar to how a dust bunny develops. If it birthed inside a short-period comet, Oumuamua would not be the size it is and would eventually be destroyed by solar radiation- not use it as a propeller.

Source: Daily Mail September 09, 2020 20:20 UTC