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Is it at all possible that since Oumuamua is an extrasolar object, that it may have disturbed parts of the Oort cloud, sending some other objects our way, or is everything out there too far apart that a collision would be unlikely?

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Do we have any hypotheses of how stars in the future might look/behave?

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Three ocean currents converge at the Galapagos Islands and it seems to be a boon for marine life; how would things be different at that convergence 5 million years ago, before the islands were formed?

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Why do we call it the Solar System as opposed to the Sol System?

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Is it theoretically possible to create a perpetual echo, and has it ever been done?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is it at all possible that since Oumuamua is an extrasolar object, that it may have disturbed parts of the Oort cloud, sending some other objects our way, or is everything out there too far apart that a collision would be unlikely?	10
Do we have any hypotheses of how stars in the future might look/behave?	1
Three ocean currents converge at the Galapagos Islands and it seems to be a boon for marine life; how would things be different at that convergence 5 million years ago, before the islands were formed?	1
Why do we call it the Solar System as opposed to the Sol System?	1
Is it theoretically possible to create a perpetual echo, and has it ever been done?	0