The Mysterious Interstellar Object Oumuamua
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- A full exploration of the first interstellar object ever confirmed, 1I/2017 U1, or Oumuamua, which has turned out to be one of the strangest objects yet seen by astronomers.
Event Horizon Interviews:
Dr. Karen Meech on Oumuamua
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Dr. Avi Loeb:
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Papers:
"Plausible home stars of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua found in Gaia DR2", Bailer-Jones et al, 2018
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"Prospects for Backtracing 1I/`Oumuamua and Future Interstellar Objects", Q. Zhang, 2018.
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1I/2017 'Oumuamua-like Interstellar Asteroids as Possible Messengers from the Dead Stars", R. Rafikov, 2018
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"DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE FIRST KNOWN INTERSTELLAR OBJECT", Meech et al, 2017
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"Non-Gravitational Acceleration in the
Trajectory of 1I/2017 U1 (ʻOumuamua)", Micheli et al, 2018
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"Spin Evolution and Cometary Interpretation of the Interstellar Minor Object 1I/2017 'Oumuamua", R. Rafikov, 2018
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"Spitzer Observations of Interstellar Object 1I/`Oumuamua", Trilling et al, 2018
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"Six Strange Facts About`Oumuamua", A. Loeb, 2018
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"Could Solar Radiation Pressure Explain 'Oumuamua's Peculiar Acceleration?", Bialy and Loeb, 2018
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New JMG Event Horizon 10 Reasons Oumuamua Will Blow Your Mind: th-cam.com/video/N-3cy_Pbx1M/w-d-xo.html
Its a Rock!!😂😂😂😂
who made the video clips you uses here?
I like your logo. Did you design it yourself or hire out?
Congrats on reaching 100k subscribers you deserve it! This channel as well as your new one are among my favorites. I like how you describe current astronomical events in scientific terms while going over all the possibilities for explanations to things that are yet to be understood while doing it in a way that’s easy to understand. Congrats again!
Hey JMG as you said in your ending comments, we find out how rare Ouimuamua truly is and we do decide to try to catch up to it. How would we do it in your opinion. You think it's even possible to catch up if we did somehow know it's true trajectory possibly speed?
imagine waking up one day and hearing in the news that Oumuamua came to a sudden complete halt and is making its way to earth
Its a rock😅😅😅
I for one welcome our new alien overlords.
I would want to see that happen in my lifetime.
@Scott Johnstone, unless there are other ways to "send" information that our primitive species is not yet aware of.👽
Damn, you just blew my mind. Seriously.
I still find it very suspicious that the first definite interstellar object, that we have discovered, would make a VERY close pass to the sun, resulting in a major course change, followed by a small "course correction", AND have a very unusual spindle or cylindrical shape, that has NEVER been seen to occur naturally in the Solar system.
Even more suspicious, a SECOND interstellar object is visiting the INNER SOLAR SYSTEM, and it will also make a large course change via slingshot. It is called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov). If the renowned A.C. Clarke was right, there should be a third in the near future. The odds seem pretty high against this happening twice in a row; the inner Solar system is not that big of a target!
You comments satisfiy my imagination but my own guess is that we didn't have the right equipment to detect such interstellar visitors in order to examine their movement, therefore it may not be so suspicious.
@@LAMPROS311 we presumed our system was relatively average until we learned it really isn't. We might also currently believe that common events are rare
Sorry to reply to a five year old comment, but I needed to put my two cents in. The inner solar system is not that big of a target, but every object in the solar system is constantly being pulled towards the inner solar system due to gravity from the sun. Any object entering our solar system that does not have an established orbit around the sun, will be drawn to it. That doesn't mean that Oumuamua isn't strange, or that two interstellar objects entering our solar system back to back isn't also strange, but two objects entering the inner solar system is not at all strange.
@@glizbaneit made 2 course corrections
This makes me realize that aliens would never attack us in the traditional sense of landing and blasting us with lasers, they would undoubtedly nudge an asteroid or two in our direction, let the impact do the work then show up decades later for whatever it is they originally wanted.
@@donversevr9514 _with humans, no third is required anymore. The Final days of Judgments by _*_God_*_ and free to take_
... luckily for us we don't have anything here that is worth traveling all the way here to get.
@@jengleheimerschmitt7941 As long as I'm not some being's kid's science experiment caught in a jar
eh idk if you found out on the edge of our solar system intelligent life had formed would you not even want to go see them or try to talk somehow I think much we could learn from something like that for both of us but then again maybe this could go badly for us I would love it good or bad tho I think it should be the next step for us as a species
although I think maybe we are all alone out here on our little rock it could be that we just got a bad hand from the universe :(
It's sure is intelligent alright.
It took one look at earth and kept on going!
🤣
Haha 👍
yep correct it dropped off some rocks with virus, bacteria and some DNA chunks
as the 1912 Flu delivered to lessen the population crowding
@@kimokla3874 well aren't you just a positive little cupcake?
Haha
A long time ago, in a solar system far away, someone on an alien starship was reprimanded for losing a cargo container. 😉
No some one flushed the toilet. They called it opooa pooa. But as usual those backwards humans didn't mistranslated it.
@@milkybar06 😂😂😂😂
Lucy!
m.blacktree ... or they ejected it because they were about to be boarded and didn't want to get caught with the contraband?
are u an englishmen? this is mundane and i like it
Maybe Oumuamua came from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
is that your guess or a synopsis of the video?
Well, yeah obviously.
I’ve assumed it’s a piece of Alderaan.
I’ve assumed it’s a piece of Alderaan.
That's one hell of a ride man.. What a soothing voice you've got
I agree with the soothing sound of his voice too.
Agreed the best voice in youtube 🔥
Looks like silver surfer's lost surf board
Marvel Studios started the viral marketing for Phase 5 early, but you got to hand it to them for going all out on that one.
Ha ha
Your comment should be the top comment! 😁
“What is that?”
“It appears to be a...mmm.a......muuuuu...”
“Oumuamua?”
“Yes! That.”
I took a shot every time he said Oumuamua, and now I can see the whole Oort cloud.
@Easysquirts 69 What a strange statement.
I’ve got a feeling that we are going to start seeing a lot more of these in our lifetime
Why?
Ty T ... for us to have spotted it in the first place was random, so there must be more like it that we just haven’t noticed, yet.
@@TP-tc7vp Because we're getting better and better at tracking them. Perhaps these interstellar objects aren't rare at all, instead we just didn't really notice them before.
@@TP-tc7vp We've basically only recently been able to even detect these kinds of objects. The technology is getting much better and detectors are becoming more numerous, so we are likely to observe more and more of them.
memespace watch us discover an ancient artifact or piece of space junk thats been floating for trillions of years that is captured by our sun
Sun: Stop throwing stuff at my planets!
Beta Pictoris: Sorry...
"This object is very likely of natural origin"
*Keeps saying facts that make you feel like it isn't*
see Harvard's crew Avi Loeb proving details.
Why did the powers not know and define the approach before it passed too far away.
Think, why not shown in photos as we can photo small details on Mars
more BS, showing metalic case with bio materials, hmmm
seems like a ISS type of craft
@@kimokla3874 ur actually insane. Hopefully now that this is in hindsight, you can look back ang go,
"Wow, I was pretty silly calling that rock a conspiracy space ship"
This happens to be the best summary of Oumuamua that I have ever watched. Thanks for this detail, much appreciated!
Maybe in a few weeks we'll get a radio signal from Oumuamua: 'seriously guys, we just sent a luxury star liner to fetch you and you couldn't even be bothered to get onboard? Well, next scheduled ship will pass in 2 billion years!'
Better than getting this message: "All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning
department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.’"
@@Reedstilt LOL yeah, maybe it was the first ship laying out the guideline for the hyperspace lane.
ha ha ha LOL love your comment,
ET is a funny culture, they dropped off the 1912 flu to test human reactions
I'm really starting to think that the difficult task of sending a probe to Oumuamua is becoming increasingly outweighed by how important it could be to visit. Whether it is natural or otherwise.
But thats the problem , "could be " govs wont spend money on could be :(
You can forget about that I think. Governments spend our money on banks, war and more surveillance cameras with which to watch us. They do not spend any of it on exploring space. If you don't believe me, check out the budgets for the space expeditions you do know of, and then compare that to what was spent on the 2008 bank bailout and others like it, or to what has been spent on the 100% pointless occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. Space exploration basically has the budget of a lemonade stand.
i dont think we are technologically advanced enough, especially not within the timeframe
Thank you for putting all the time in to make these incredible videos. I really appreciate your channel, John. Keep up the great work!
Rendezvous with Rama was terrifying. He described the odd spatial feeling of the structure so well that I dreamed about being there. Thinking about the realities of space is a nightmare.
I'm beginning to think Oumuamua is a long lost artifact from a world not so different than ours. Checking this out should be our No1 goal...before it is too late.
Great video by the way John.
Thanks! Amazing the possibilities with this object. My imagination runs wild.
@@JohnMichaelGodier Topic for another novel?
We have thousands of years worth of time, before it leaves the solar system. If telescopes keep increasing in size, it might also be possible Oumuamua will become easily visible with future technology.
hamstsorkxxor ... u think? That would be cool
@@hamstsorkxxor , naw.... That thing is hauling a$$. It's way faster than the Voyager probes. We would need gigawatt laser light sail propulsion to catch it with a cellphone.
It has more than twice the delta V of any chemical rocket.
Excellent video again, John. I am truly fascinated about Oumuamua and I am excited on what the scientific community will come up with after further in depth research on its odd features.
Not much in the way of rigorous research can be done with so little data, and little opportunity to obtain more (unless we develop the technology to chase after it). I feel like it's mostly to generate publicity and funding. Maybe squeeze a publication and a few citations out of it. I'm an astronomer, by the way, not some random dude ranting about how science is fake on the Internet. I sure am tired of hearing about Oumuamua.
Your background music is fantastic...
Listen to the soundtrack to the space RTS Homeworld. The music is very similar.
Yes Hamid, it's glorious!
I like his voice, too.
Someone leaning on a Yamaha DX-7 symphonic string patch.
Brandi Holt how does a comment about music turn into an attack on Islam 😂😂
It's an alien vessel that intercepted a transmission of one of our "reality" shows and is currently marking our system for destruction by its waiting fleet.
most like this is true
bruh its actually filled with dust
Yeah,Dancing with the stars or America's got talent certainly would have just that effect........Grand-Moff Tarkin..... "YOU MAY FIRE WHEN READY..!"
So glad I subscribed to you bro
I like how you present all these videos. You're pretty clear about facts, ideas, hypotheses/theories, and probabilities...very professional, far above the all-too-common agenda/conspiracy pushers.
Oumuamua is a space ship that has traveled for millions of years and is covered with dust. WE NEED TO GO GET IT!
did someone say alien loot?
As soon as you said links to all papers in description I subbed. We need more like you
The only thing I could think of was that alien meme.. " I'm not saying it's aliens..... but it's aliens!
I love the way you present your content. The narration is great, videos are very well-written and produced, and your choice of music complements it all so nicely! Even though the possibility is remote, it would be amazing if Oumuamua were of artificial origin!
For anyone wondering why 'Oumuamua couldn't have come from Vega: It's in line with Vega's current position, but Vega is moving. In the time it would have taken for 'Oumuamua to get from there to here (about 600,000 years given its velocity), Vega would have been in the constellation Hercules from our perspective, rather than the constellation Lyra (where Vega is now and the direction from which 'Ouamuamua came).
@Michael Anthony LOL!
I was hoping for a deep intellectual answer but this genuinely funny one will do. This is something Bart Simpson would have said.
Not much of a deep answer... The Vega connection was based on trajectory. They calculated where stars were at the time of it's passing based on velocity, time, and direction...
Why is everyone assuming constant velocity on it's inbound leg. It will have been decelerating and manuevering for decades. It's a Scout.
@@ZeonAndOnly "Why is everyone assuming constant velocity" - because there's no reason to assume otherwise. I could say "it started spinning all of a sudden when it entered the solar system," but I wouldn't have a leg to stand on; the same is true with the claim it has been decelerating and maneuvering for decades. We have to go by what we've observed and infer only what that supports; the idea that it maneuvered or decelerated just isn't supported.
That's why the observation that it accelerated in spite of our not having observed it outgassing was so interesting: if we assume seemingly-inert space objects decelerate and maneuver, it's not news that we saw one accelerate. That said, seeing it accelerate without outgassing only means that one pixel on a sensor did not get brighter in the way an outgassing comet shedding ice and water vapor would, which could have many explanations:
* The outgassing could have been obscured by carbon dust. Spectroscopic readings suggested 'Oumumua was coated with carbon dust, which might have been shed during outgassing.
* The outgassed material might have been harder, staying intact on the object. Comets are like snowballs, and shed ice crystals along with water vapor. That's the brightest aspect of the coma/tail, and solid ice stuck to a carbonaceous object might have sublimated without shedding snow, making it less visible.
* The outgassed material might have been deeper in the object than the usual snowy frosting on a comet. Ice in a crater or crack might have more time to melt and dislodge (or be bounced against the side of a crack, exposing it to more heat and melting it), again reducing the amount of highly-reflective ice crystals, so that the outgassing only consisted of water vapor.
* The outgassed material might not have been water. 'Oumuamua traveled a very long time through very cold space, according to all indications, and while we expect water ice is relatively common compared to other things that could have outgassed, it could have potentially had some other material on it that melted or sublimated and didn't shine quite as bright as snow. Spectroscopy suggests it's carbonaceous, at least the part reflecting sunlight, so perhaps it shed some organic compound: frozen CO2, for example, and it reacted without shining as much as water ice/vapor.
The first part of your comment shouldn't even need to be said, but here we are in 2018...
How to understand one's environment (including space) comes from the observations of others and we develop a consensus based on those findings, not an ideology or style thing, just what your own damn eyes see. Now if ZeonAndOnly has figures that aren't drawn in crayon showing it's been "decelerating and maneuvering" then that should be presented to the scientific community but in the meantime safe to assume such claims are a load of bollocks.
Having said that your possible explanations for outgassing are interesting and while the video was utterly thought provoking it certainly would've been helped by your comment, and that same level of detail for each of the video author's conjectures. Still, I'm left wondering what the rate of acceleration was and how that compares with the reaction that would be produced from various carbon emitting events?
Shame we won't be able to intercept it and learn more!
That background music is amazing.
It is mind boggling to think that this thing have been wandering the milky way for billions of years.
Goosebumps!!
This object came into our solar system yelling "SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!"
As long as we get shwifty we'll be fine.
GOOD JOB!
We showed it 2020 and it left. XD
Oumuamua is as popular in popular science as Tabby's Star! Whether natural or artificial, this is a most interesting object - and your channel coverage has been stellar! (To quote a certain (in)famous presenter - "I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens!")
Phil S
You mean KIC8282563682?
@Michael Anthony Science hasn't lost any credibility. The alien option should always be considered, especially when a natural explanation is not (yet) present. Tabby's star most certainly isn't of alien origin, and probably neither is 'Oumuamua, but that doesn't mean nothing can be.
Don't get me wrong, natural explanations are always more credible, but an alien origin should never be dismissed immediately.
@@flerfbuster7993 an alien origin it's a natural origin
Phil S gayer than aids
My favourite TH-camr!!
LEARN HOW TO SPELL!!!!
@@xxtravdamanxx British spelling
My first thought on hearing about this object was that any civilization wanting to probe other systems might actually turn an asteroid into a probe and send it on its way.
I like how you explain all the details and possibilities scientifically, including presenting the acceptable/reasonable fringe speculation while acknowledging the issues and stressing that it's highly theoretical.
Going off the whole lightsail theory, I have my own inkling. Let's just say for arguments sake that yes it is an artificial construct and it indeed is a lightsail. Well why assume it's an active sail? It could essentially be spacejunk. Look at our own space programs. We have lots of little bits and pieces floating around in orbit from our various launches. So whose to say this isn't just the equivalent from another civilization? They launched a probe for whatever reason, used a sail for some cheap acceleration within their own system, the sail detached when it was no longer necessary and just started free floating around getting pulled this way and that by various stars and planets. Everyone seems to be under this peculiar perception that any other advanced civilization is going to do things like space exploration and study cleanly and perfectly. While that may be possible in the longrun, any species capable of spaceflight is going to go through a period of disposable equipment until their technology advances enough to move past disposable systems and components. That is just an unavoidable aspect of the evolution of technology.
the fact that it was spinning, end over end, would in theory create centrifugal force at it's end points...i.e., artificial gravity. why is this not talked about? not to mention the mysterious acceleration. seems like a fly-by. a reconnaissance. a bug hunt.
Radar spins. A space telescope made from a thin membrane that takes extraordinarily detailed spectra is described in my SETI talk.
th-cam.com/video/ollpNYOrbcc/w-d-xo.html
It is certainly far fetched, but one explanation is that an observation was made of the Earth. Some of the odd detected features of Oumuamua conform with how this telescope would look in transit across our solar system. The steady scan rate of 8 hours, the extremely thin (1 mm?) depth, the odd color, and being very cold while being highly reflective, all suggest the type of optical instrument needed to evaluate an exoplanet.
John,
I'd like to ask for one teeny, tiny favor:
Would it be possible to schedule when and where in your videos the ads come in?
That way, you could put them in between paragraphs, and it wouldn't interrupt the natural flow or cut your narration off, mid-word. Redlettermedia does that.
Thanks!
Just... lets not take our eyes off of it...
Imagine if it suddenly turns back to us?
That would be pretty surprising as it would require immense amounts of propulsion
The tiniest movement at such speeds are very likely to tear it apart. I'd like to see calculations on how it could turn around and when it would be able to and still be intact.
Sigh. Don't be fucking thick x
If it turns around, that's some protomolecule nonsense. Best to nuke it before orbit, just to be sure.
Was !olds away like.nothing worry about..'ll say again.was miles.miles. MILES AWAY...LOL
Fascinating coverage. Despite all the "unanswered questions", it's just a strange rock. Despite how fantastic if it wasn't.
see Harvard's crew Avi Loeb details show reality
Omuamua was an alien drive by, and my guess is, they saw just what kind of thugs we were and drove off, or should i say, accelerated away in fear
It passed us by in October 17. Nope. It wanted none of us.
I forgot all about Rama but dang that's pretty much exactly the plot.
Oat lord - only if it fires up its engines and changes course.
Oat Lord - Where have you been since this object appeared ???!
@@landsnailproject2875 - watching while they attempt to understand an acceleration discrepancy.
Didn't Rama come to a stop (or slowed to a crawl), giving humans a chance to dock?
@@thetrumanshow4791 It slowed down to get near the Sun so it could gain fuel from it (the reason it came by). Really it ignored the explorers on it. I don't know if it was different in the sequels though or something was retconned.
3:00 I just saw the Ted talk from the lady who discovered it and she said that in lieu of calling it I-3729w0wi6, they called it Rama. But they didn't feel like it was quite right so they consulted with local experts and came up with Oumouamoua.
Thank you very much Mr. Godier, for sharing your amazing knowledge with us, and congratulations for such an interesting and educative performance.
Nice to see a longer video from you.. Thanks for that.
Definitely should have gone with Rama. Definitely.
I agree. Rama was the obvious choice.
If 2 other similar objects are detected further down the road... should we go with "Shiva" and "Brahma" for them?
I was disappointed when I learned they didn't.
Which book was your favorite?
great book similar scenario....."Rendezvous with Rama", next time around have an exploration ship ready,internationally funded and manned so there are no arguments or incidents like the book.Make it a WORLD project,almost like a religion, for whenever it comes around again!! :-)
Great video, man! I kept running into 3 minute clips of info about our strange visitor and none of them went into any depth at all. Thanks for taking the time to collect all this information and presenting it to us 'laymen' in an understandable and entertaining way. I don't know what kind of love you get for your videos but I recently found you after stumbling onto Isaac's stuff and just wanted to say your efforts are much appreciated by this human here! Look forward to more from you good sir! Take care.
Why is no one saying "Monolith"?
Monolith
That was the name of a movie 😉 Monolith hmmmm
The Narrator is doing an amazing job, really enhanced the quality of this video and made it so enjoyable to watch & listen. Wonderful job on the video overall!
New subscriber well earned 😊👌
Very interesting. How does something outgas anything approximating the volume necessary to change vector, when it's apparently very thin and has a low mass with a huge surface area whilst randomly tumbling? You'd expect it'd have evaporated in the solar wind by now. If it did loose mass, maybe it's left something (not reflective) behind. I admit, the lightsail theory is compelling until you realise it seems to be spinning around. Maybe it's a heliograph. Each time we see reflected light flash directly at earth it's alien semaphore. Who's got some supercomputer time going spare? Run the numbers people!
The hunter will disguise traps by artfully camouflaging the mechanism with natural random decoration. The tumbling act of this object seems to have the same smell.
So it moves like it's stable but images like it is tumbling. Maybe it's a puzzle and if we cant' figure it out then we don't get the reward.
"How does something outgas anything approximating the volume necessary to change vector, when it's apparently very thin and has a low mass with a huge surface area whilst randomly tumbling?"
Well, keep in mind the idea that it's very thin and low-mass is proposed as an alternative to it outgassing. We don't know that it's thin and low-mass, that's what the Harvard team proposes as an alternative to its acceleration being due to outgassing. They theorized that light pressure could account for the change in velocity, but it would require that it was extremely light and thin. If it was, then it wouldn't be outgassing, as you would have accounted for all the thrust with light pressure.
It’s difficult to write a suitable comment after such a comprehensive and well articulated video, but I’ll try 😀 I find the likelihood of an artificial origin of ‘Oumuamua to be exceedingly unlikely though I don’t believe it can be ruled out, either. At least not as of now. But I don’t know how much we will be able to learn about it either, even after some of these new telescopes come online. I’m sure it will be one of the higher priorities for solar system science, but the competition is going to be intense that it will limit how much we can expect to learn as it fades to even fainter magnitudes. Great discussion as always!
Rama! (Should've rendezvoused w it)
@Mosin Tom Everything in threes. Unfortunately so was that book series lol
If we had discovered it far earlier, that would have been such a valuable mission...
surprised Elon Musk hasn't jumped on that wagon
good one
yes Shiva passing by
In the 60tes there was an underground nuke test with an manhole covering the hole that was filled with concrete. When the bomb detonated it vaporized the concrete and made it to gas. The pressure from the gas and the explosion sent the manhole flying. According to some calculations based on recordings and photos this manhole left the atmosphere and made it to space with a speed of 150,000mph (around 66km/s).
I cannot stop to create this story in my mind where this manhole was shot into space and smashed into an alien civilisations planet. And since we fucked their ability to contact us by destroying their infrastructure they created a bullet out of an asterioid and launched it into our direction.
🤣🤣🤣🤣. Beautiful mind, thank you for sharing.
Radar imaging should have been possible with Oumuamua. I have seen this done with other asteroids. I know for certain that the Arecibo radio telescope has done this before. Also, I surmise that the Green Bank II and Parkes radio telescopes have the gain to do this. Does anyone know if this was attempted? It is good to keep in mind that the beautiful CGI of the Oumuamua object tumbling by in this video is in its detail an artists conception. Such detail could not have been inferred from Oumuamua's light curve.
Gully Foyle conveniently the telescope capable of that was shut down for repairs.
Probably one of the places evacuated by FBI
Sick to realise that millions of inteligent species might know about the earth and life already, yet we didnt see them yet.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if it was extra-galactic?
Because then we could say that it originated a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
REALLY --- MADD
ALL CGI BS' -- MADD
Originated in a short time, from black hole :E
Would be cool,but it is not possible. Even if it came from our nearest neighbour , Andromeda, it would take longer than the age of the universe to travel that distance.
Fun to think about though.
The comet theory as a snow ball has been disproved !
Based on what you don't know about comets and asteroids !
The thunderbolts project !
The speeding up is electric !
How the hell can we for sure know it's not alien like
Probably my favorite part about anything unknown, is that 0% is meaningless. Centuries ago, we'd have said there is a 0% chance that we are not the center of the universe. They'd have also said there's a 0% chance that humans would leave Earth's orbit alive. Anything IS possible. It's just a matter of our understanding of possible. I'm very excited for the near future.
"Mysterious interstellar object." We are like some cavemen on a remote island in the God's Must be Crazy, marveling at anything that graces our solar system with its presence, however briefly. It's kinda funny. The fact that an oddly shaped rock has caused such consternation in the scientific community, shows how little we know. I guess it's fitting that the object was discovered by people on an island sitting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
The great question is weather we will move off this planet or not.. and hopefully some day be the subject of consternation for some other species billions of years in the future
"Remnants of a roadside picnic somewhere in the cosmos."
@S C: Especially posturing, condescending types who pretend to be above us "apes" and understand all.
Great film that one.. had forgotten about it..
@@mrnice4434 Haha, you're nihilism is sooooo cool.
The incredible awesomeness of the video makes up for the absence of the pithy outro. Thanks for the in-depth summary
The pithy outros will be back soon. I just occasionally go back my roots for long videos.
What if it's an alien civilizations equivalent of Voyager? That would be so cool.
This is probably one of the best channels on TH-cam. I can only think of 1 more, Event Horizon.
i actually can't watch your videos in bed because i almost fall asleep
Never change
So many questions unanswered. I hope the space community is bold and sends an intercept probe. That would be such an exciting mission. Can you imagine the sheer speed the probe will to catch up to it.
I1 is the gift that keeps on giving.
It's a scientific troll that keeps on trolling.
These videos give me such a sense of existential calm. Thank you for your hard work, just subscribed :-)
Still love your vids this many years later.
Definitely been scouted by aliens though
Hypothetically, in several million years Voyager-1 passes through an alien solar system, is described as tumbling, going slow for an interstellar craft, no off-gassing...
I'm sure you can see where I'm going
I like the information about 'Omuamua. The more we study it, the more natural explanations seem to be eliminated. At what point do we say that it being something like a big piece of sheet metal of alien origin fits the facts better than any other idea?
It's probably some millionaire rocket company owner's sportscar taking a joyride for a photoshoot.
Yes I agree
Yes I agree
I am hypnotized, and going to have watch this twice. I am not complaining. Very pretty, great music, love the narrator, and loaded w info. Very well made! Thank you so much!
Watch the one on TED talks...it’s 100x better.
We may not be able to infer where it came from, we should be able to predict where it is going. Natural object? probably. Artificial object? the destination/path would offer a clue.
We should be but it has already moved off of its predicted course as it left our system. Why? Will it move more and in what directions? We don't know.
It is moving like a comet when we thought it would move like an asteroid. It do not move randomly but in predictible way, only not the predictible way scientists assumed it would.
Imagine if we could have launched a small drone with a HQ camera. If Oumuamua was of alien origin, the photos would have been sensational. (Not as spectacular as the UAPs that are already here, but still).
Please investigate the new interstellar object called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) I would love to hear your take on it.
Arthur C. Clark was a freaking master savant. When this thing was passing by, I was blown away by the similarities with Rama. What a great book.. a must read.
THAT WAS OUR TAXI OUT OF HERE AND WE MISSED IT?
It kept coming up in my mind so i will say it. I think there is a possibility that Oumuamua is somehow an abandoned Spaceship and i'm sure many have also thought this.
Given that we cannot trace at all it's path of travel in the past beyond a few million years, what if it were actually intergalactic rather than interstellar? And being even far, far older by far than what we are even guessing at currently. Either way, obtaining and studying core samples of this traveler would be hugely interesting and revealing. Is there any data available as to it's trajectory, where it's heading to, distance to the next star system encounter, speed of travel away from us, etc., etc.?
I think the problem is that the galaxies are traveling apart from eachother faster than any natural object could travel between them.
@@Admiralty86 That's true regarding galaxies that are far distant from one another. The rate at which the space between them is expanding is such that it would be necessary to exceed the speed of light to travel from one to another (which is of course impossible). But nearby galaxies do form groups that are loosely held together by gravity. Our galaxy is part of the Local Group which also includes Andromeda and some smaller dwarf galaxies.
I suppose it's not impossible that Oumuamua could have come from somewhere else in the Local Group, but it's more probable that it originated within our own Milky Way.
Thanks for the summary of the latest on this object.
I did a double take when I saw the running time on this video. It just might be the longest I have seen on this channel.
If it was an alien probe, what does it say that it left faster than it came?
Probably the same way our Voyager probes got a speed boost by passing close to the gas giants and taking a bit of momentum ("gravitational slingshot" or "gravity assist maneuver").
that it came from a higher intelligence? like: get me out of here!!
You didn't mention that this thing was traveling at a speed far greater than it should have been
And that it then slowed and turned in our direction.
And the Oort Cloud says,"Don't belong to me."
you are not the father
If the object originated in the Oort cloud, what may have disrupted it? Theories abound from planetary alignment magnifying a gravitational pull to alternative understandings of cyclical perturbations for areas outside our immediate influences. I agree that this particular object originated outside our existing star system. It's just too alien in nature and trajectory. Nice work with this presentation.
Would be funny if oumuamua is older then our solar system.
Mr Nice it maybe but why would it be funny?
If a mission was ever to be sent to intercept Oumuamua, that mission would definitely be codenamed Rama.
“SPACE DOOKIE 💩” WOULD HAVE BEEN A MORE SUITABLE NAME FOR OUMUAMUA BASED OF ITS APPEARANCE
I'm not saying it's aliens. BUT, if it I was traveling in a cigar shaped spaceship and realized that there was a species capable of detecting my ship, making the ship tumble would be probably be the best/easiest way of disguise your real nature.
nice billiards metaphor!
JMG on Monday! You made my Monday better John. I still wonder if perhaps Oumuamua is alien space junk a long dead probe similar to how our Voyager space craft will one day be. It's a long shot but it's more fun. Could make a good SCI FI story. Thanks for the video John happy Monday.
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Oumuamua was my ship coming to take me home. Damn, I guess I'l hust have to wait for the next bus.
Not to worry friend, the next alien light sail bus is only two million years from now :)
man, (although as i said before i don't like the dadjoke as the end) your outro is very very good and inspiring (and indicative of a professional writer) and lastly i love the "liiiiiiiiiive" version so much!!!
Thanks for the free entertainment, keep up the good work!
Was possibilty to take a photo.
Many many photos, hence the rotation.
No detailed photos, anything you have seen are simulations. The “photos” are a small light dot that fades and then gets brighter in regular intervals. This beaconing is how they know it’s tumbling.
The most sketchy thing about the object is its movement, it didn't behave like a space rock should and took off in a direction like it had its own method of propulsion. Also the shape of it was most likely a disc shape. Could have been a reconnaissance drone from another civilization.
Oh snap 20 min video. I can work with that
Oumuamua is clearly just an alien home run that was really REALLY outta there
It's an odd shaped space rock with a trajectory which leads to an interstellar path. It happens.
Thank you
Disappointing but really, probably true. But some folks always think LGM first
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