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So, about that 'interstellar asteroid' announced yesterday…

Phil Plait

May 22, 2018

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Eros, a lumpy potato of an asteroid, is pretty typical of such solar system objects. Credit: NASA

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Did our first known interstellar visitor come from a dead star?

Phil Plait

Jan 4, 2018

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Artwork depicting what ‘Oumuamua might look like; observations indicate it’s highly elongated. But where did it come from? Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

So long, rock from an alien solar system. I mean that literally: So. Long.

Phil Plait

Nov 21, 2017

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‘Oumuamua, an asteroid from another solar system, is quite elongated and look very much like this artist’s impression of it. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

An interstellar rock gets a name

Phil Plait

Nov 8, 2017

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When it was still called A/2017 U1, the object was spotted by the William Herschel Telescope on the island of La Palma. The telescope guided on the motion of the object, so stars appear to trail.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

BREAKING! Have astronomers discovered our first interstellar visitor? NOTE: Not aliens

Phil Plait

Oct 27, 2017

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The interstellar asteroid A/2017 U1, images using a 40 cm telescope when the object was about 60 million km from Earth and at a magnitude of 22 (that’s very faint). Credit: Gianluca Masi (Virtual Telescope Project) and Michael Schwartz (Tengra Observatory

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Far out: NASA's Voyager 1 craft has officially reached interstellar space

Trent Moore

Jul 8, 2014

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