A Near Miss

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A Near Miss

I know there are a few of us who appreciate space/astronomy/physics so thought I would share a paper that was discussed at black hole and pulsar lecture I attended on Thursday.. .

Here's a link to a peer reviewed article on the near miss of an astroid called Ouamuamua...

The funny thing is it had already passed by the time it was spotted (phew!!)... it appears to come from the constellation Vega, however it came from further a field and passed through that system...

The universe is amazing!

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25020.epdf?referrer_access_token=Z...

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the trajectory would

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