The Observatory on Haleakala, Maui, which contains the world’s most powerful telescope, caught the image of ‘Oumuamua. No crisp photos could be taken, but astronomers were able to train their telescopes on the object for 11 days, collecting reams of other data. Judging from the object’s trajectory, astronomers concluded it was not bound by the sun’s gravity - which suggested it was just traveling through.
The space object was dubbed ‘Oumuamua (pronounced “oh moo ah moo ah”), which is Hawaiian for - roughly - “scout.”Īs space travelers go, it was relatively small at just about 100 yards long, but it was a big deal in the scientific community.įor starters, it was the first interstellar object ever detected inside our solar system. The object was first spotted by an observatory in Hawaii containing the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) - the highest-definition telescope on Earth. 7, it shot past Earth’s before “moving swiftly toward the constellation Pegasus and the blackness beyond,” Loeb writes in the book. At the end of September, it blasted at about 58,900 miles per hour past Venus’ orbital distance, and then, on Oct. 9, its trajectory brought it closest to the sun. Professor Abraham Loeb and a rendering of ‘Oumuamua. The object in question traveled toward our solar system from the direction of Vega, a nearby star 25 light-years away, and intercepted our solar system’s orbital plane on Sept. 26, the professor lays out a compelling case for why an object that recently wandered into our solar system was not just another rock but actually a piece of alien technology. In his upcoming book, “ Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), out Jan. More likely, it will be an alien civilization’s trash.Īvi Loeb, chair of Harvard’s Department of Astronomy, believes he’s already found some of that garbage. When the first sign of intelligent life visits us from space, it won’t be a giant saucer hovering over New York. Scientists scanned billions of stars for seven hours for signs of alien technology These are all the ways scientists believe aliens could contact us Mysterious ‘bulging triangle UFO’ filmed over city for two hoursĪlien life could exist on nearby planet with dying sun, scientists claim
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