Last yr , uranologist spotted thevery first interstellar visitorto our Solar System . They called it ‘ Oumuamua ( oh - MOO - a - MOO - a ) , the Hawaiian Christian Bible for " watch " , and in the last 13 or so months it has beenstudied extensively . Of course , nothing new can be discovered in space without people screaming"Aliens ! " .
The SETI ( Search for Extra - telluric Intelligence ) Institute was of trend curious , and has now released its observations of the object in a paper to be published in theFebruary 2019issue of Acta Astronautica . Their findings : sadly no wireless transmission system have been detect from this interstellar object .
“ We were take care for a signal that would prove that this aim contain some technology – that it was of artificial descent , ” pass generator Gerry Harp said in astatement . “ We did n’t find any such emission , despite a quite tender search . While our observations do n’t conclusively rule out a non - instinctive origin for ' Oumuamua , they comprise important data in accessing its potential physical composition . ”
From the shard of an alien planet or spacecraft to a mission post to spy on us , cabal theories about ‘ Oumuamua have been rife – and scientists have n’t helped . A twosome of late studies argue that the object does n’t behave like any known comet or asteroid , as reported here forScientific American . One cogitation even reason that ‘ Oumuamua has all the hallmarks of being asolar sail , a gamey - technical school equipment that it is propelled by starlight .
The object is strange for sure , but peculiar is not a synonym for being artificial . If the argumentation for being of alien descent is to be flippant about properties we ca n’t easy explain with natural causes , we can discover easily golf hole in the artificial explanation , and are left with many questions .
If it ’s artificial in ancestry and was sent by an alien news to the Solar System , what is its purpose ? If it ’s garner information , why is it not transmitting it ? If we were to send a missionary station to another star , would it terminate up looking like this ?
Among the thing that are still unclear about ‘ Oumuamua , there is something we have been able to measure and that ’s its speed . It ’s fast , moving at 26.33 kilometer ( 16.33 miles ) per second . But it is not fast enough that it can not be explained by perfectly average phenomenon . And actually , when it comes to interstellar distances , it is quite tiresome . It would take 49,000 years to get to our nearest star .
perchance these alien civilizations do n’t care about having quick termination , but having to look million of age to turn over another wiz seems to be an unrealistic horizontal surface of patience .
