Comet 3I/Atlas is on its way out on a hyberbolic course to, I don't know where. I do know that 1I/Oumuamua is heading for the constellation Pegasus, and came from the direction of the bright star Vega. Maybe the Vegans are invading Pegasus.
There are three known interstellar obects and who knows how many we haven't noticed.
The really sad thing is each time it happened, people were hoping it was aliens. Wow. Are we that bored and lonely?
When I was a kid and the planets were smudges through telescopes, we all knew it was common sense that there was not only life, but people living on those moons and planets. This wasn't a modern idea either. For thousands of year, we've assumed the universe was populated with all sorts of fanciful beings. Many looked like monsters. Eh.
Monsters are people too.
I wrote a short short story which I will just tell again.
In 2017, the first insterstellar object detected in our solar system, dubbed 1I/2017 U1, later called Oumuamua. The object was unusual and prompted speculations that it was a artifact, but sailed on through in a hyperbolic course towards the constellation Pegasus.
In March 2028, one hundred million Oumuaua objects arrive from the direction of the bright star Vega, and sail on through our solar system at a hyperbolic course towards the costellation Pegasus. The bright stars making Pegasus are all hundreds of light year away. The target is undoubtedly closer, probably 51 Pegasi b, which is a known extrasolar planet.
We expected a fleet of Oumuamua objects to split off and check us out, but that didn't happen to the disappointment of some. I guess we were too small to notice.
Oh, also I sold some art. The awkward thing is I was paid a few hundred dollars and was thrilled, while I have a rich friend who just rented his art out for tens of thousands of dollars. One thing I liked about NFTs was royalties.
