We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird.
Channel: vlogbrothers
Date: 2018-11-30

Sometimes, the acceptance of a lack of knowledge is far more valuable than conjecture. That being said, let’s talk about what we do know, because regardless, it is very weird. 

Here are some of the things I checked out while working on this:

Rob Reid has an amazing piece in Ars Technica and the companion podcast is really really gooood
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/nailing-down-the-nature-of-oumuamua-its-probably-a-comet-but/

PBS Spacetime on Oumuamua: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wICOlaQOpM0

Bad Astronomy on Oumuamua
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/is-oumuamua-an-interstellar-spaceship-im-still-going-with-no

This is a little out-dated but gives a /great/ overview of how the object was discovered and what happened after that in the scientific community
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfi3w9Bzwik

SciAm’s Strange Facts
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/6-strange-facts-about-the-interstellar-visitor-oumuamua/

Propelling spaceships with light sails:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UI62RhPs0M

The Telescope that will tell us more about interstellar objects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpdLDJXEmys

The Paper that was published arguing that a solar sail could explain the observations (if you want to look at a LOT OF MATH)
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf


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