Mysterious Oumuamua Space Object May Be a Breakaway Piece of a Distant Planet

A mysterious space object that has baffled scientists since its discovery in 2017 is likely a breakaway piece of a Pluto-like planet.According to a new study published in two research papers in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, the pancake-shaped space object dubbed Oumuamua is thought to have been a chunk of a distant planet in another solar system. "Until now, we've had no way to know if other solar systems have Pluto-like planets, but now we have seen a chunk of one pass by Earth,...