One-Session Class: Oumuamua

  Monday, April 08, 2019 11:15 AM - Monday, April 08, 2019 12:45 PM
 Classroom #3/4
 

No, it's not a greeting for Hawaiian cows! Oumuamua is presumably a rock that flew by Mercury, Venus, and Earth in October 2017. In November 2018, two astrophysicists from Harvard published a paper suggesting it might not have been a rock nor have been on a random course. We'll examine their contentions.

Bob Zeman is a retired physicist with varied interests. He last led Exosemiotics: How to Talk to E.T. at Osher. He is looking forward to the fun a class of scientific speculation offers.