PunkTheFunk 125,703 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 This visitor from beyond our solar system will be probed for signs of life Our solar system has a visitor. It's cylindrical, dark and reddish, a quarter-mile long. The object won't be staying. This fall, astronomers announced that the thing came blazing into our neck of the galaxy at speeds of up to 196,000 mph. It is now headed away as quickly as it came. The object's trajectory is so strange and its speeds are so blistering that it probably did not originate from within our solar system. Its discoverers concluded that the object is a rare interstellar traveler from beyond our solar system, the first object of its kind observed by humans. Astronomers at the University of Hawaii, who discovered the object with the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope, said the visitor was an asteroid. In October, they named the asteroid 'Oumuamua — Hawaiian for “messenger.” 'Oumuamua, which appears rocky or metallic, lacks the characteristics of a comet. Some scientists, though they are swift to say 'Oumuamua is probably natural, have not yet ruled out more extraordinary origins. “The possibility that this object is, in fact, an artificial object — that it is a spaceship, essentially — is a remote possibility,” Andrew Siemion, director of the Berkeley Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Research Center, told The Washington Post on Monday. Siemion is a member of the Breakthrough Listen initiative: a $100 million project, backed by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, to hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence. This week, researchers with the Breakthrough Listen initiative announced that a radio telescope will probe 'Oumuamua for signs of technology. The telescope, nestled within the hills of the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, begins its search on Wednesday. Most asteroids of this size are spherical. This object has the proportions of a giant cucumber. In fact, Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb recently told Milner that 'Oumuamua has the optimal design of a vessel meant to travel through space, the Atlantic reported. Though the most likely explanation for 'Oumuamua is that it's lifeless rock, scientists aren't about to let it breeze by without scrutiny. That's why they are using Green Bank. Over the past 18 months, SETI astronomers have installed detectors at the telescope to look for signs of electromagnetic activity in space. If an electronic device no more powerful than a WiFi router or telephone handset is transmitting on 'Oumuamua, the telescope will be able to sense it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/is-this-visitor-from-beyond-our-solar-system-an-asteroid-or-a-sign-of-life/?utm_term=.8a017591a807 What do you think it's going to be, gays? Is it Gaga's alien birth parents from G.O.A.T., a government-owned alien territory in space, coming to check on her? Lawyers from the neighboring galaxy who are here to sue Katy for cultural appropriation in the E.T. video? A dildo used by a race of 20 foot Giants from the Planet Zorgon that was accidentally flung into space? Or is it just a f*cking rock? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmeela 20 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 imma have ta say issa damn rock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flapjack 1,264 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I can't wait for alien hunties to come over in their giant cucumber. 2017 really is the year that won't stop giving Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttsicle 6,484 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 My bet is that some giant somewhere had so much constipation that he sh@ out in one long stick so fast that it propelled out of his solar system and into ours That or it's just a fvcking rock WOOHOO YAHAA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarlightSeiya 1,242 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I hope it's aliens. Our world is getting boring. Need some terror and space lasers. Bone Apple Tea bebe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaftFameMonster 2,527 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 CULTURAL APPROPRIATION BYE DAKDSFKFDSFDSKJDSFKJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born To Slay 10,996 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, Flapjack said: I can't wait for alien hunties to come over in their giant cucumber. 2017 really is the year that won't stop giving I had a dream I was abducted by aliens and they ****ed me. Maybe it was a sign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 hey you found my dildo! https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Nook 37,820 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Paging Ellen Ripley Uh Red Wine... Convict... Gah Gah... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvnrp 48,353 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 9 minutes ago, PunkTheFunk said: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanripley 86,575 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Just now, Gardevoir said: Paging Ellen Ripley https://goo.gl/xMgMvJ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarryNight 10,107 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I was literally reading about this like 10 min ago it's moving away from Earth now fast Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poissonche 12,366 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Lol it's Kesha's fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lona Delery 7,227 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 16 minutes ago, PunkTheFunk said: In fact, Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb recently told Milner that 'Oumuamua has the optimal design of a vessel meant to travel through space, the Atlantic reported. Why would this be the optimal design Theres no air in space So it dont matter if it's cucumber or triangle shaped or plain round, does it? Its not gonna get slowed down by air resistance anyway Sometimes it feels like I've got a war in my mind, I wanna get off but I keep riding the ride Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttsicle 6,484 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 7 minutes ago, StarlightSeiya said: I hope it's aliens. Our world is getting boring. Need some terror and space lasers. I was gonna reply saying there's enough terror already but it felt too edgy WOOHOO YAHAA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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