[ad_1] Astronomers noticed something strange last year. Something really strange. Now, a Harvard professor suggests that it was an extraterrestrial solar sail sent in search of life – ours! It was our …
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[ad_1] Astronomers at the Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysics Center have advanced the theory that the Oumuamua asteroid could be "an artificially-derived light-haze." The astronomers have just published a new study in which they …
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[ad_1] On October 19, 2017, the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System-1 (Pan-STARRS-1) in Hawaii announced the first-ever detection of an interstellar asteroid, dubbed 1I / 2017 U1 (AKA & # …
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[ad_1] Artistic representation of "Oumuamua, a visitor outside the solar system. Astronomers have used the Spitzer Space Telescope's IRAC camera to set a limit to Oumuamua's infrared emission and estimate its size. …
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[ad_1] Two new studies leave most options open for the origin and composition of Oumuamua, the first interstellar visitor to the solar system The origin and character of the interstellar visitor, Oumuamua …
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[ad_1] <! – -> Concept of the artist of the object "Oumuamua". He traveled in the space between the stars to reach our solar system. Image via ESO / M. Kornmesser. At …
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[ad_1] Using the data from ESA's Gaia star geometer, astronomers have identified four stars that are possible origins of Oumuamua, an interstellar object spotted during a brief visit to our solar system …
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[ad_1] Artistic impression of the interstellar object "Oumuamua". The object is either elongated as in this image, or slab-shaped. Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser A team of astronomers led by Coryn Bailer-Jones …
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[ad_1] The first known interstellar visitor just got a little weirder. New observations with the Hubble Space Telescope reveal that 'Oumuamua is actually a comet spewing ice and dust, instead of a …
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[ad_1] Receive Mach's letter of information. SUBSCRIBE When astronomers first saw a strange cigar-shaped object passing by the sun last October, they could say that it was coming from another stellar system …
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