The Solar System Just Had an Interstellar Visitor. Now It’s Gone
Update: At original time of writing, C/2017 U1 was assumed to be a comet. But Followup observations by the Very Large Telescope in Chile on Oct. 25 found no trace of cometary activity. The object’s...
View ArticleIf Aliens Pilot Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua, They Snubbed Us
The Seti Institute has monitored the object for radio transmissions, just in case it isn’t natural We humans are a sensitive bunch. We keep pondering the question: “are we alone?” If we consider the...
View ArticleSadly, ‘Oumuamua Isn’t Piloted by Joyriding Aliens
An international team of experts have teamed up to conclude that the interstellar visitor isn’t what we hoped it was. It probably comes as no surprise that the scientific consensus of ‘Oumuamua’s...
View ArticleInterstellar Comet Borisov Looks Weirdly Familiar
The gas cyanogen has been detected in 2I/Borisov’s coma—a historic detection of a gas commonly found in regular comets. It’s official, the solar system is playing host to its second confirmed...
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