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The more interstellar objects we find that resemble comets, the weirder Oumuamua is.
by rjinman 1y ago
The more interstellar objects we find that resemble comets, the weirder Oumuamua is.
- LeoPanthera 1y agoThe Ramans do everything in threes.
- moritonal 1y agoThank you! Finally a good Rama reference in the wild.
- TheOtherHobbes 1y agoMaybe. I think it's more likely that an alien probe - assuming there are aliens and they fly probes - would be the size of a cubesat, and we wouldn't even notice it. Perhaps Oumuamua was the mothership and the solar system is now swarming with cubesats we're not noticing.
- hermitcrab 1y ago>I think it's more likely that an alien probe - assuming there are aliens and they fly probes - would be the size of a cubesat Or maybe the size of a sub-atomic particle, as in the sci-fi Novel 'The 3 body problem'. https://three-body-problem.fandom.com/wiki/Sophons https://three-body-problem.fandom.com/wiki/Sophons
- callc 1y agoDoes anyone else see a timer ticking down in their vision or is it just me? Time to quit my job at the LHC and be a baker.
- le-mark 1y agoI really hope someone sends a probe to catch Omaumau. When Starship is flying regularly it should be doable, just barely.
- nativeit 1y agoIt’s news to me that Starship flying is doable.
- hermitcrab 1y agoCan we get Musk to pilot it?
- russdill 1y agoThe chances that it's a rare type of interstellar object are incredibly small.
- dgellow 1y agoSee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Lyra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Lyra