The more interstellar objects we find that resemble comets, the weirder Oumuamua is.

TheOtherHobbes 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe. 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.

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hermitcrab 2 days ago | parent [-]

>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

	▲	callc 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Does 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.

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LeoPanthera 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Ramans do everything in threes.

	▲	moritonal 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you! Finally a good Rama reference in the wild.

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le-mark 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I really hope someone sends a probe to catch Omaumau. When Starship is flying regularly it should be doable, just barely.

	▲	nativeit 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It’s news to me that Starship flying is doable.
	▲	dgellow 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Lyra
	▲	russdill 2 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		The chances that it's a rare type of interstellar object are incredibly small.
	▲	hermitcrab 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Can we get Musk to pilot it?