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https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/12/570167473/astronomers-want-to-know-does-this-interstellar-visitor-have-a-message-for-us
"Researchers working on long-distance space transportation have previously suggested that a cigar or needle shape is the most likely architecture for an interstellar spacecraft, since this would minimize friction and damage from interstellar gas and dust," the group said in its announcement.
"While a natural origin is more likely, there is currently no consensus on what that origin might have been, and Breakthrough Listen is well positioned to explore the possibility that 'Oumuamua could be an artifact."
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God's floater. (Original Post)
underpants
Dec 2017
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spanone
(135,874 posts)1. an interstellar doobie...
👽
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)2. It looks like Star Trek's...
underpants
(182,879 posts)4. Space catfish
or carnivorous burrito
raven mad
(4,940 posts)3. We are following this so closely. It's fun.
Space.org, NASA, NPR - it is absolutely fascinating! (I grew up at Kennedy Space Center, so, well, duh.....)
Irish_Dem
(47,392 posts)6. They came to put yellow police tape around our solar system and
hope we can grow up at some point.