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Re:Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg by phkahler on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:44PM (#23406303)
In a bit over 1M years another star is expected to pass around 1000 AU from the sun. Chemical rockets should be able to get there in a decade or two. It's a huge stretch, but we have a million years to prepare.
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Re:Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg by sq_ on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:49PM (#23406378)
Oh wow. Had never heard about that. Wouldn't that pass within the range of the Oort Cloud? Seems like we might have some issues from the gravitational effects if so (although that's assuming humans manage to keep ourselves going for another million years).
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Re:Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg by Koshkin on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @08:11PM (#23410738)
Something makes me doubt that humans will still be around at that time.
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Re:Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg by sq_ on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @08:17PM (#23410792)
With the way we’re going, maybe not. But maybe we’ll shape up and some version of humanity will make it.
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Re:Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg by theandrewbailey on Thursday June 04, 2020 @12:36PM (#23418760)
Gilese 710?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_710

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