By: Alex Kack
Oumuamua is the
name scientists have given to a mysterious object traveling through
space and into our solar system. The object is of unknown origin
although scientists do know that it originated outside of our solar
system, making it the first known object to have done so. It was
first observed towards the end of 2017.
Now researchers from
Harvard University are advancing the idea that it "may be a
fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an
alien civilization." A statement they make in a to be published
paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The researchers are
careful to state this is far from certain, however there are
abnormalities about the speed and trajectory of the object that have
confused them and other researchers.
Namely that the
object sped up as it passed our Sun, something that should have
naturally caused the object to slow.
When first observed
researchers at SETI attempted to observe the object for a variety of
radio transmissions and found none that were detectable.
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