Is ’Oumuamua an Alien Spaceship? Sure! Except, No - podcast episode cover

Is ’Oumuamua an Alien Spaceship? Sure! Except, No

Jan 16, 201910 min
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Episode description

When you wish upon a star (or an asteroid or a comet) you are wishing on plasma, ice, dust, rock, on an object that exists, for real, so far away and moving so fast that no living human will likely ever have direct contact with it. (Well, generally.) But you’re also wishing on a metaphor.

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