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This artist’s impression shows ‘Oumuamua’, the unique object was discovered in October 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii.
A Harvard professor believes that we were visited by an extraterrestrial object in 2017.
In his next book, Alien: the first sign of intelligent life beyond Earth, theoretical physicist Avi Loeb exposes his theory about a peculiarly shaped object that entered our solar system several years ago.
The interstellar object, called “Oumuamua,” was first observed through the Pan-STARRS telescope at Hawaii’s Haleakala Observatory in 2017. The researchers determined that it had passed through the ecliptic plane on September 6 from the direction of Vega, a star in the constellation Lyra. that’s about 25 light years from our planet.
Just three days later, Oumuamua – Hawaiian for “explorer” – began to accelerate toward the Sun, before finally closing in on Earth on October 7, “moving rapidly toward the constellation Pegasus and the darkness beyond.” according to Loeb.
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Some scientists claim that Oumuamua, believed to be the first interstellar object detected in our solar system, was just another comet; However, Loeb, chairman of the astronomy department at Harvard University, dismisses that assumption, as it is too “familiar” based.
“What if a caveman saw a cell phone?” he wondered while talking to him New York Post.
“You’ve seen rocks your whole life, and you would have thought it was just a shiny rock.”
Loeb says there are two big details that suggest that Oumuamua was not just a comet, but a piece of alien technology.
The first detail is the dimensions of the object, since it was determined that it was “five to ten times as long as it was wide.” Loeb argues that the cigar shape is not typical of a natural spatial object.
But the theoretical physicist says that the greatest detail that supports his theory is the Oumuamua motion.
“Too much thrust away from the sun, that’s what broke the camel’s back,” he said.
Loeb explains that the gravitational force of the sun would cause a natural object to move faster as it gets closer, and would eventually push the object back, causing it to move slower as it moves away.
Loeb notes that this did not happen with Oumuamua, which accelerated “slightly, but to a very statistically significant degree” as it got further and further away.
“If we’re not alone, are we the smartest kids on the block?” Loeb asked.
“If there was a species that eliminated itself through war or changing the climate, we can act together and behave better. Instead, we are wasting a lot of resources on Earth fighting each other and other negative things that are a huge waste. . “
Alien: the first sign of intelligent life beyond Earth is scheduled to hit shelves on January 26.
