I immediately thought of Rama reading about this.

It's perfectly cylindrical and only visibly rotating because if some old dark patch, otherwise it would be uniform brightness like smooth metal. It is unnaturally moving along the long axis like a bullet, not tumbling in the slightest.

It's moving at a significant fraction of C that is hard to imagine.

It accelerated away from our solar system, defying gravity and the only natural reason anyone can think of - outgassing - has been definitively ruled out. It's also far too young for it's velocity to have sent it to our sun from the direction it came to have formed naturally from interstellar gases. It's moving fast but not fast enough for that specific vector to work.

“ When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”

It is improbable but the only explanation that makes sense is some form of propulsion. Its trajectory and course change seem like a gravity boost maneuver augmenting whatever it used to accelerate against gravity as it changed heading on it's new course.

If this was a Rama novel we would expect 2 more. Ramana do everything in threes.

Also thank you for bringing us back to the cool conspiracies. Sick of news updates being a conspiracy in this new 1984 world.

I immediately thought of Rama reading about this.

It's perfectly cylindrical and only visibly rotating because if some old dark patch, otherwise it would be uniform brightness like smooth metal. It is unnaturally moving along the long axis like a bullet, not tumbling in the slightest.

It's moving at a significant fraction of C that is hard to imagine.

It accelerated away from our solar system, defying gravity and the only natural reason anyone can think of - outgassing - has been definitively ruled out. It's also far too young for it's velocity to have sent it to our sun from the direction it came to have formed naturally from interstellar gases. It's moving fast but not fast enough for that specific vector to work.

“ When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”

It is improbable but the only explanation that makes sense is some form of propulsion. Its trajectory and course change seem like a gravity boost maneuver augmenting whatever it used to accelerate against gravity as it changed heading on it's new course.

If this was a Rama novel we would expect 2 more. Ramana do everything in threes.

I immediately thought of Rama reading about this.

It's perfectly cylindrical and only visibly rotating because if some old dark patch, otherwise it would be uniform brightness like smooth metal. It is unnaturally moving along the long axis like a bullet, not tumbling in the slightest.

It's moving at a significant fraction of C that is hard to imagine.

It accelerated away from our solar system, defying gravity and the only natural reason anyone can think of - outgassing - has been definitively ruled out. It's also far too young for it's velocity to have sent it to our sun from the direction it came to have formed naturally from interstellar gases. It's moving fast but not fast enough for that specific vector to work.

“ When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”

It is improbable but the only explanation that makes sense is some form of propulsion.

If this was a Rama novel we would expect 2 more. Ramana do everything in threes.

I immediately thought of Rama reading about this.

It's perfectly cylindrical and only visibly rotating because if some old dark patch, otherwise it would be uniform brightness like smooth metal.

It's moving at a significant fraction of C that is hard to imagine.

It accelerated away from our solar system, defying gravity and the only natural reason anyone can think of - outgassing - has been definitively ruled out.

“ When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”

It is improbable but the only explanation that makes sense is some form of propulsion.

If this was a Rama novel we would expect 2 more. Ramana do everything in threes.