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So that means this is incredibly historic, yes? We have only witnessed one other interstellar object and we did not learn about it in time to make meaningful ob
by sixothree 7y ago
So that means this is incredibly historic, yes? We have only witnessed one other interstellar object and we did not learn about it in time to make meaningful observations?
- dreamcompiler 7y agoIt's historic in the sense that it's one of the first interstellar objects we've seen. But these things are almost certainly not rare; they only seem so because we've only recently become able to detect them. In 10 years sightings of interstellar objects won't even make the second-tier news feeds.
- sixothree 7y agoWhen my mother was born plate tectonics was a hypothesis. When I was born proof of extra-solar planets did not exist. I know this these objects have been hurling past us for billions of years, but the fact that we spotted one is exciting for me.