For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space. Observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile and other observatories around the world show that this unique object was traveling through space for millions of years before its chance encounter with our star system. It appears to be a dark, reddish, highly-elongated rocky or high-metal-content object.

Although originally classified as a comet, observations from ESO and elsewhere revealed no signs of cometary activity after it passed closest to the Sun in September 2017. The object was reclassified as an interstellar asteroid and named 1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua).

“We had to act quickly,” explains team member Olivier Hainaut from ESO in Garching, Germany. “`Oumuamua had already passed its closest point to the Sun and was heading back into interstellar space.”

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Red_Dragon wrote: The Cubs win The World Series. Let that be a lesson to you...

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Posted: Nov 3, 2016 - 6:55am
The Cubs win The World Series.

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Is there something weird about our taste for apocalypse stories? The human world has become bafflingly complex and strangely fragile, making apocalypse the easiest thing of all to imagine

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Posted: Aug 5, 2010 - 5:35am
cookinlover wrote: It all started with Madonna. Papa, don't preach; I'm in trouble...

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 5:33pm
oldslabsides wrote: I'm inclined to agree. Them and Amy Winehouse.

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 2:42pm
oldslabsides wrote: out of what? the closet? mustard? paper towels? Weeellllll.... I am out of the closet and mustard, but I still have plenty of paper towels.

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 1:33pm
oldslabsides wrote: I'm inclined to agree. Them and Amy Winehouse. It all started with Madonna.

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 9:28am
BillnDollarBaby wrote: Thank you. I'm out... out of what? the closet? mustard? paper towels?

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 9:21am
Hairfarmer wrote: Go pack something, for Pete's sake. Thank you. I'm out...

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BillnDollarBaby wrote: I've read some interesting articles on the valid uses of hallucinogenics, especially in end-of-life treatment. I don't know if I feel like its so much a sign of the Apocalypse, as a sign that societal mores are dictating less and less to science. In my book, that's a good thing. Go pack something, for Pete's sake.

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 9:18am
BillnDollarBaby wrote: I've read some interesting articles on the valid uses of hallucinogenics, especially in end-of-life treatment. I don't know if I feel like its so much a sign of the Apocalypse, as a sign that societal mores are dictating less and less to science. In my book, that's a good thing. I don't think it's apocalyptic either - just wasn't sure which thread to put it under.

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 9:14am

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Hallucinogens Have Doctors Tuning In Again

...scientists have won permission to study once again the drugs' potential for treating mental problems and illuminating the nature of consciousness.
After taking the hallucinogen, Dr. Martin put on an eye mask and headphones, and lay on a couch listening to classical music as he contemplated the universe.
"All of a sudden, everything familiar started evaporating," he recalled. "Imagine you fall off a boat out in the open ocean, and you turn around, and the boat is gone. And then the water's gone. And then you're gone."

I've read some interesting articles on the valid uses of hallucinogenics, especially in end-of-life treatment. I don't know if I feel like its so much a sign of the Apocalypse, as a sign that societal mores are dictating less and less to science. In my book, that's a good thing.

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 8:59am
samiyam wrote: Daria thinks Beevis and Butthead are true signs of the apocalypse. I'm inclined to agree. Them and Amy Winehouse.

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Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 8:48am

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Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 9:32pm
Daria thinks Beevis and Butthead are true signs of the apocalypse.

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Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 5:49pm
Manbird wrote: "Stand back unless you want me to flay you alive like I'm about to do to my beautiful assistant!" Well that is better...For a while there I thought you were threatening me.

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Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 5:43pm
Coaxial wrote: Are you threatening me? "Stand back unless you want me to flay you alive like I'm about to do to my beautiful assistant!"

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Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 4:06pm
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Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 10:39pm
Walrus_Gumbo wrote: Toyota's new slogan: "Once you drive one, you'll never stop!"

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