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306 points gammarator | 1 comments | 03 Jul 25 03:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source

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ordu ◴[03 Jul 25 05:27 UTC] No.44451907[source]▶

Judging by how humanity didn't see any of those for millennia and now three in just several years, I can propose two hypotheses:

1. Astronomers became good enough to notice them 2. These rocks are first in an incoming flood of such objects, the Universe decided to destroy humanity.

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em3rgent0rdr ◴[03 Jul 25 05:35 UTC] No.44451935[source]▶

>>44451907 #

hah! Yeah the title "Third Interstellar Object Discovered" needs to be changed to be more like "Third Discovery of an Interstellar Object"

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1. noduerme ◴[03 Jul 25 05:53 UTC] No.44452039[source]▶

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I love this. But I can't help imagining the conversation on some remote South Pacific island going like this:

"Third cargo chest discovered"

"Maybe they've been sailing by here already for a long time and we just didn't notice."

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Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System