The interstellar asteroid visiting our Solar System may be shielding an icy core

Our Solar System’s recent interstellar visitor — a space rock named `Oumuamua — may be covered in a thick coat of organic material, an outer layer that’s protecting a cache of ice within. This veneer may have acted like a shield, preventing the ice inside `Oumuamua from getting overheated and evaporating when the rock passed close by our Sun. That means this interstellar object may be more like an icy comet and less like an asteroid.
The main distinction between asteroids