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Mysterious interstellar comet may be an alien probe: Harvard scientists
11-06-2018, 09:12 PM
Chair of astronomy Abraham Loeb and postdoctoral fellow Shmuel Bialy the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggest 'Oumuamua might be artificial.
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The paper has been submitted to
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, but I don't see it on
the website yet.
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RE: Mysterious interstellar comet may be an alien probe: Harvard scientists
11-06-2018, 09:48 PM
Yeah... Saw that earlier last week and I have to say, I'm really going to want to see the peer-review on this one. RAMA this ain't.
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RE: Mysterious interstellar comet may be an alien probe: Harvard scientists
11-06-2018, 11:07 PM
Is there confirmation on the claim that it accelerated away from the sun at a rate substantially more than was expected from the gravity slingslot?
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RE: Mysterious interstellar comet may be an alien probe: Harvard scientists
11-07-2018, 09:19 AM
I've seen no confirmation on any of the claims.
That's why I want to see what's been submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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RE: Mysterious interstellar comet may be an alien probe: Harvard scientists
11-07-2018, 08:36 PM
From what I read, there actually are anomalies in the acceleration of the object, but it isn't anything of such magnitude that couldn't be caused by outgassing due to the Sun's heat, for instance.
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RE: Mysterious interstellar comet may be an alien probe: Harvard scientists
11-11-2018, 10:50 PM
Hm, so how long until we need to prepare the red-carpet reception for our new alien overlords?
Realistically speaking, probably centuries or millennia, at best, of course, and that's if tool-making intelligence hasn't proven to be as contra-survival in the long run through environmental damage as it's looking here on Earth. Then again, if there's anything that'll get a space program going it's looking for a new patch of living space to occupy... And going back to the Hollywood logic, it would be prime political theater to avoid dealing with the real issues too, on the assumption that aliens would think roughly like humans do.
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