Astronomers have named interstellar object ’Oumuamua and its red colour suggests it carries organic molecules that are building blocks of lifeAstronomers are now certain that the mysterious object detected hurtling past our sun last month is indeed from another solar system. The certainty of its interstellar origin comes from an analysis that shows its orbit is almost impossible to achieve from within our solar system. The latest analyses with ground-based telescopes show that ’Oumuamua is quite similar to some comets and asteroids in our own solar system. Organic molecules are the building blocks of the biological molecules that allow life to function. Yet it still takes them about a decade to cross our solar system and disappear back into interstellar space.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2017 19:59 UTC