Interstellar Visitor

Mysterious Interstellar visitor’s strange acceleration finally explained

(ORDO NEWS) — An interstellar object currently making the long journey back from our solar system has a perfectly natural explanation, despite its strange quirks. ‘Oumuamua’s unusual acceleration, a new study confirms, can be entirely attributed to the release of molecular hydrogen gas. This, according to astrochemist Jennifer Bergner of the University of California at Berkeley and astrophysicist Darryl Seligman of Cornell University, is further evidence that the cigar-shaped chunk…