Posted on 03/23/2023 5:34:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
Nearly six years ago, a space object roughly the size of a football field baffled scientists as it zipped through our solar system. The irregular shape and motion of the object, dubbed ‘Oumuamua, led to one of the most controversial astronomical mysteries, with theories that ranged from asteroid to alien probe.
But a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature offers another answer: ‘Oumuamua is a typical comet that expelled gas in an odd way as it traveled through our solar system.
“We’ve gone through every weird, crazy, possible theory—ideas that stretch the imagination to match all of these observed things, and then we figure out that it is just the simplest thing you could possibly imagine, which is just a water-rich comet,” said Darryl Seligman, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell University and co-author of the new study.
Astronomers first spotted ‘Oumuamua at an observatory in Hawaii in October 2017 as it careened through the planetary neighborhood. It passed by the sun at speeds of nearly 196,000 miles an hour. The body’s trajectory indicated that it came from across the stars, having likely traveled for many millions of years before arriving.
Observatories on the ground and in space had just weeks to characterize the interstellar object before it made a hook turn past the sun and continued its high-speed journey back into the greater Milky Way, beyond the reach of our most powerful instruments.
In that short window of scrutiny, scientists could collect only a limited amount of information about the orbit, color, shape and brightness of the tiny ‘Oumuamua. Pronounced “oh moo-uh moo-uh,” the name in the Hawaiian language means a messenger from afar arriving first, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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‘Yo mama’ is not an alien Ping!...................
RAMA
Science has been right about so much lately...
That was my first thought when this first appeared!.............................Great series!..............
The universe is mysterious and according to Jesus there will be wonders in the sky before his coming. Boy do we need him now.
Says the people who for eight decades have told us that it was all swamp gass.
It’s hard to imagine aliens would travel around in something going so slow.
Luke 21:11 New International Version
11 There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
But, but what about Wacko’s Razor? It states that the least likely explanation is the one I’m goin’ with.
I tell ya its a ship load of E.T.s in drag looking for a caring home.
But, but what about Wacko’s Razor? It states that the least likely explanation is the one I’m goin’ with.
I tell ya its a ship load of E.T.s in drag looking for a caring home.
Nonsense.
It would have stopped in California.
Maybe at artDodger stadium?
Yeah. If only. Great book(s).
I remember one Asimov book. Were there more?
Are you implying there was a TV series?
Correction
Arthur C. Clarke
It was a series of novels by Arthur C. Clarke:
Books in the series:
Rendezvous with Rama (1973) ISBN 978-0-553-28789-9
Rama II (1989) ISBN 978-0-553-28658-8
The Garden of Rama (1991) ISBN 978-0-553-29817-8
Rama Revealed (1993) ISBN 978-0-553-56947-6
Gentry Lee also wrote two further novels set in the same Rama Universe.
Bright Messengers (1995)
Double Full Moon Night (1999)
My favorite was this one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C.,_UFO_incident
“temperature inversion”
The aliens almost did land on the WH lawn—but it was the “climate” ya know.....
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