Oumuamua interstellar object spent billions of years in chaos over violent past

The Oumuamua interstellar object has been tumbling through space for billions of years due to a violent past, according to researchers with Queen’s University Belfast. The object was first announced late last year; it has the distinction of being the first (known) interstellar object to visit our solar system, though it was shrouded in mystery. Much of that mystery remains, …