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Artwork depicting The Planetary Society’s solar sail in space. Credit: Josh Sprading / The Planetary Society
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Is 'Oumuamua an interstellar spaceship? I'm still going with 'no.'
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Nov 7, 2018
‘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
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Jun 15, 2015
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Following 8 days of lost connectivity, experimental solar sail craft back online
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