Manhattan-sized interstellar object appears to emit its own light: Harvard scientist (More of Avi Loeb's provocative speculation to generate interest?)

NY Post ^ | Shane Galvin

[RoosterRedux]

UFO-ish Ping

[one guy in new jersey]

Prof. Loeb sees little green men everywhere he looks.

Maybe he’s being housed in the wrong institution?

[reasonisfaith]

The first mistake would be to assume Harvard or NASA are telling us the truth.

[McCarthysGhost]

Cut all federal funding for Harvard. Sounds bogus.

[Recompennation]

Harrr void.
More dead traction distraction
While trying to gain relevance and value
Defund the whole misfit outfit.

[Openurmind]

If this is true it is quite a big deal...

[2nd Amendment]

Did this space object fly by Uranus?

[lgjhn23]

“...Maybe he’s being housed in the wrong institution?...”

Havard?? Naaa....he’s in the right place....LOL

[telescope115]

WEEEEOOOOEEEEOOOO………😱

[The Louiswu]

“Appears” is a good waffle word.

[telescope115]

Seriously, if this is true, well, let’s just see if it makes if it makes any drastic course changes.

[Pontiac]

“A natural nuclear source could be a rare fragment from the core of a nearby supernova that is rich in radioactive material. This possibility is highly unlikely, given the scarce reservoir of radioactive elements in interstellar space,” Loeb wrote.

Which radioactive elements emit light in enough quantity to be visible in enough quantity to be detectable from such a distance?

What are the chances that any natural object would have these elements in sufficient quantities to emit enough light to be detectable at any distance?

It is hard for me to imagine that any serious person would put such a statement in print.

Any supernova producing such a fragment reached our solar system while still glowing would have destroyed our solar system when it exploded.

[MarlonRando]

Ace Frehley from KISS is the “Spaceman.” Maybe we can send him out in one of Elon’s rockets to talk to the ship. Make Peace. I trust Ace over 99% of politicians/scientists these days. Win-win.

[z3n]

Great post.
I hate to sound like a chinese communist, but there really ought to be a way to ding people's social professional media score when they make claims like this that turn out to be true.

In such a tempting system (that I am only sarcastically advocating for), if you get your score knocked down enough, your salacious or untrustworthy posts, articles, or press releases are demoted out of most people's news feeds.

[z3n]

to be untrue*

[trebb]

I turned the TV on for some noise while I read a book yesterday - the movie was “Alien Shark” and the shark’s eyes glowed green...now I’m afraid of what this comet may be hiding.....🥸

[Track9]

“The first mistake would be to assume Harvard or NASA are telling us the truth.”
Exactly.. pure bs for the gullible.

[Colorado Doug]

Any supernova producing such a fragment reached our solar system while still glowing would have destroyed our solar system when it exploded.

Maybe it did. We just don't know it yet.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

V-GER