'Oumuamua: From Beyond the Stars

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Source/Further reading:

NASA: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/oumuamua/in-depth/

Astronomy, a history of ‘Oumuamua: https://astronomy.com/magazine/2020/02/our-first-interstellar-visitor

Rob Weryk interview: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/interstellar-space-rock/546371/

Scientific American, Mystery of Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Gets Trickier: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mystery-of-interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-gets-trickier/

Scientific American, article from Avi Loeb: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lets-search-for-alien-probes-not-just-alien-signals/

Smithsonian, a natural origin for ‘Oumuamua: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-suggest-new-origin-story-oumuamua-our-solar-systems-first-interstellar-visitor-180974667/

‘Oumuamua as a product of gravitational tides: https://astronomynow.com/2020/04/14/oumuamua-was-a-unique-object-now-astronomers-think-there-could-be-trillions-just-like-it/

Hydrogen Iceberg theory: https://www.wired.com/story/oumuamua-might-be-a-giant-interstellar-hydrogen-iceberg/

Rebuttal to the iceberg theory: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2020-18

Starshot and LightSail: https://phys.org/news/2020-05-interstellar-probes-starshot.html

2019 test of the technology: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/science/lightsail-solar-sail.html

2020 SO: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-data-confirm-2020-so-to-be-the-upper-centaur-rocket-booster-from-the-1960-s

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