Because...maybe...possibly...highly probable.. Aliens?

Just found an interesting snippet online. Am in a hurry so just a link. 

But basically...a strange shape that has been travelling in our galactic backyard is behaving serilously odd. 

arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/nailing-down-the-nature-of-oumuamua-its-probably-a-comet-but/

blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/6-strange-facts-about-the-interstellar-visitor-oumuamua/

I am in no way an expert..not even a hobbyist...but this is fascinating stuff. 

Any of you guys really into that sort of stuff? Astrophysics etc?

It's already on its way out of the solar system.

Posted by: switch

It's already on its way out of the solar system.

*Takes one loot at evolved ape descendants*

"Nope!"

*Flies away*

I love stuff like this, but you never get any real answers so it can be less than satisfying.  I don't think a hollow object is out of the question in nature, so there is probably a simple explanation, but still, it would be cool if we could actually check it out.

Posted by: chupacabra

I love stuff like this, but you never get any real answers so it can be less than satisfying.  I don't think a hollow object is out of the question in nature, so there is probably a simple explanation, but still, it would be cool if we could actually check it out.

True, at this level it is all based on physics and maths. It would have been so cool.

Too bad Carl Sagan wasn't around. He could have explained it.

Comet ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-asteroid-comet-non-gravitational-trajectory

Posted by: KenN

Comet ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-asteroid-comet-non-gravitational-trajectory

Interesting stuff, for sure...I definitely know too little about things like that to really wrtite anything extraordinarily smart.

Posted by: KenN

Comet ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-asteroid-comet-non-gravitational-trajectory

Or more accurately... "Oumuamua, according to their analysis, is probably a comet after all."  They still don't know much more than before as far as I can tell, they just landed on an explanation that seems most reasonable.

Posted by: chupacabra

Posted by: KenN

Comet ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-asteroid-comet-non-gravitational-trajectory

Or more accurately... "Oumuamua, according to their analysis, is probably a comet after all."  They still don't know much more than before as far as I can tell, they just landed on an explanation that seems most reasonable.

Even more accurately, "It behaves like a comet".  Ergo, applying the principles of the highly respected "duck test" theory of matter, it is probably a comet.

Posted by: KenN

Posted by: chupacabra

Posted by: KenN

Comet ...

https://www.sciencealert.com/interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-asteroid-comet-non-gravitational-trajectory

Or more accurately... "Oumuamua, according to their analysis, is probably a comet after all."  They still don't know much more than before as far as I can tell, they just landed on an explanation that seems most reasonable.

Even more accurately, "It behaves like a comet".  Ergo, applying the principles of the highly respected "duck test" theory of matter, it is probably a comet.

But the first part of the duck test is "Does it look like a duck?", and this thing looks like an asteroid.  I am going with cometsteroid, and I used a telescope once so it is hard to argue my credentials.