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Hey, welcome to Inquiring Minds. I'm Indravis Gontas.

This is a podcast that explores the space where science and society collide.

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and why it all matters. Joining me this week for an up-to-date episode is Adam Bristol.

Hey, Andrei, how are you today? I'm good. How are you?

I'm doing very well, thanks. So what caught your eye in the news this week? Well, I've been following

the fascinating story of this interstellar object, now known as, oh, mua, mua. Have you followed

oh, mua, mua? I remember. we talked about this on a previous up to date.

And I mean, not literally following it across the sky, I mean like figuratively, the story of Omu, Omoa.

I must admit, I'm behind on my Omuamua.

Okay.

Well, that is Hawaiian for Scout or Messenger.

And this is an object which I believe was first identified in the cosmos in 2017.

It had some very unusual properties. And it was thought to be potentially alien technology

from another solar system. Right. And I say that not in jest because actually a Harvard astronomer, someone with quite a bit

of credibility, espoused a theory that was, I think, not crazy, but actually was somewhat

compelling to try to put together the evidence to show that this could conceivably be

something like a solar sail or something that at least has its compelling to try to put together the evidence to show that this could conceivably be something

like a solar sail or something that at least has its origins in a civilization in another solar

system. Oh, oh, please tell me he was right. No, he was, he appears to be wrong. Okay, bummer. Because this

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