Oumuamua: First Alien Object Is Cloaked in Mysterious Coat, Scientists Say

This artist’s impression shows the first interstellar asteroid: "Oumuamua." This unique object was discovered on Oct. 19, 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii. Subsequent observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other observatories around the world show that it was travelling through space for millions of years before its chance encounter with our star system. European Southern Observatory/M. Kornmesser

New details about the cigar-shaped interstellar object have emerged after scientists spent weeks studying the mysterious “alien rock.”

Scientists have revealed that Oumuamua—which was caught on a telescope in October—is wrapped in a layer of organic insulation, reported the Independent.