'Oumuamua: From Beyond the Stars

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Source/Further reading:
NASA: solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroid...
Astronomy, a history of ‘Oumuamua: astronomy.com/magazine/2020/0...
Rob Weryk interview: www.theatlantic.com/science/a...
Scientific American, Mystery of Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Gets Trickier: www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
Scientific American, article from Avi Loeb: www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
Smithsonian, a natural origin for ‘Oumuamua: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
‘Oumuamua as a product of gravitational tides: astronomynow.com/2020/04/14/o...
Hydrogen Iceberg theory: www.wired.com/story/oumuamua-...
Rebuttal to the iceberg theory: www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2020-18
Starshot and LightSail: phys.org/news/2020-05-interst...
2019 test of the technology: www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/sc...
2020 SO: www.nasa.gov/feature/new-data...

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[@--enyo--]

Always bashing the lizard people.

[@bhuvaneshs.k638]

Do a video on M87 event horizon project

[@evaharvey840]

Maybe it's a space whale 🐋 just swimming thru the oceans of galaxies 😊 Why not, you don't know either ♥️👵

[@DaniZeros]

Just a little correction: It's 1-i (capital i), as it is the first interstellar object ever recorded ;) Ookay, further into the video it's corrected already. Good work. By the way, it's a shame it was not named "Rama".

[@alexandrekassiantchouk1632]

If interested in real solution, check on Medium: Interstellar Traveler Oumuamua Mystery Solved

[@JCMills55]

You know aliens would lock their starship doors as they pass earth.

[@seanbrazell6147]

Lock their doors AND turn off their lights!

[@arkive11]

"Roll 'em up!"

[@spritemon98]

They don't wanna catch the crazy

[@chuxmix65]

We've got a two billion dollar rover on Mars and it's not even locked! And we're about to land another one! LOL! You're right of course. Unless the probe was disposable and they sent lots of them here and there...

[@TheMagusOfTheMagnaCarta]

I think it goes like this... "When the little green folk are driving along Interstellar route 66 on their day out to the galactic national park of Yellowstar or perhaps Grand Canis Majoris national park, their route takes them through a tough little neighborhood called Terra. A seemingly insignificant little district peopled by a peculiar little species of oxygen breathing, carbon based, Fe chelated placental mammals. These strange creatures have art and culture sometimes to a high degree of sophistication and is perpetrated by individuals of extreme talent and skill. Yet these largely gifted and talented creatures allow themselves to be governed by members of their society who possess low moral rectitude and practice organised warfare occasionally on a global scale. The governments in power possess nuclear weaponry that they deem necessary for "peace" between peoples but in truth is used more as a sword of Damocles over the population. These same governments have between them carried out some 2800 nuclear "test" explosions on or near the surface over a half century. Coupled with the damage caused by a century of protracted mechanised warfare this resulted in significant damage to the ecosystem. Yet the governments still have the temerity to blame most of this damage on the population for its use of fossil fuels. As we speak there are several conflicts still ongoing on the surface and the galactic government's travel advice to travellers on IG route 66 as they pass Terra is to "roll up da windows, pop dem locks and step on da gas!" All speed restrictions in the vacinity of Terra have been rescinded..."

[@Newt.--.Jaeden]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Mars is the only planet inhabited entirely by robots.

[@czardeaner7713]

*thinks about it* *Mind blown*

[@Crytica.]

Bruh

[@25xxfrostxx]

Clearly you've never seen California.

[@Dereko123]

that we know of

[@ViolentPacifism_SlavaUkraini]

Likely true, but not *necessarily* true. There's more and more evidence being found (and by said robots, no less) that suggests we might find microbial life on Mars eventually

[@johnmartlew]

“ Sometimes a random space object is just a random space object.” Sigmund Freud

[@steveschu]

@@Jose_Hunters_EWF_Remixes dumb

[@mrfunatparties6763]

And sometimes, sometimes only work's sometimes

[@nathanielmartin4958]

"I love cocaine" - Sigmund Freud

[@drscopeify]

Sigmund Freud is more like, Asteroid, tell me more about your thoughts on your mother.

[@MasterMalrubius]

@@drscopeify”My mother. Let me tell you about my mother.” - Leon

[@Cornbane]

Considering the size of our galaxy, let alone the clusters, superclusters, even the visible universe and beyond... I'm not the least bit surprised something we haven't seen before would come along. It's happened before and it'll happen again and again and again. That, to me, is the most exciting part.

[@ETHRON1]

I doubt we've seen even a milla-fraction of what's in our galaxy let alone the surrounding universe...to say earth is a grain of sand on a beach is giving ourselves to much importance to the universe...its more like a molecule on a grain of sand on a beach.

[@chargingrhino5636]

When space travel technology allows us to physically catch up to Oumuamua, we should deposit a suitcase on its surface filled with cheap and cheesy Earth souvenirs. Bumper stickers, travel mugs, snow globes...and a t-shirt that says "I traveled trillions of miles to see Earth and all I got was this dumb t-shirt".

[@sushigod101]

HEY! SLOW DOWN! YOU FORGOT YOUR T-SHIRT!

[@unclerojelio6320]

And a towel. Don’t forget your towel.

[@paulbarnett227]

@@unclerojelio6320 Yes it's extremely important to know where your towel is.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

🤣🤣 This legitimately got a solid laugh out of me! Well said Charging Rhino, well said.

[@mattfors1791]

@@paulbarnett227 what if i were to take towlie as my towel? would how high we get cause us to panic?

[@memorandom7484]

_Oumuamua: From Beyond the Stars_ sounds like a Prog Rock album title.

[@DneilB007]

I’d buy that album. Especially if they released it on vinyl.

[@wendywoo7031]

Sounds like the title of Hawkwind's next album 👍 oh damn, I'm old, but I partied hard in my yoof 😁✌❤🇬🇧

[@Cornbane]

Hmm, pitch that to Arjen Lucassen for the upcoming Star One album name!

[@WormholeJim]

Ummagumma: Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict. ..Yeah. Seems to me Pink Floyd might have influenced the title decision here.

[@esteban20969564]

"we lost the sea" like this

[@Jerry-ii3uk]

All of your channels are great. But your ability to explain fantastic discoveries without getting pulled into too much painful detail is extraordinary. And your delivery is simply entertaining to no end. Well done.

[@mikethomp1440]

Really, I would think he would be a shoe in on Monty Python

[@StephenJohnson-jb7xe]

For anyone interested Scott Manley also made a video about Oumuamua. One thing he points out is that, in every image we have of it, it occupies just 1 pixel of that image so everything we know about it is based on that limited information. Much respect to the people who figured out so much about it.

[@cripplegunsmith1]

I'm waiting for the big space dog to fetch that stick.

[@tncorgi92]

You mean Sirius?

[@theunknownknowsBYvoivod]

Uh, oh...

[@Shawnaldo-jh3ve]

Don't be intimidated by it's length, it's the girth that matters.

[@TheMagusOfTheMagnaCarta]

It's the angle of the dangle I'm tellin ya! If it equals the heat of the meat then a jack donkey can screw a bucket of ice water till it's boiling hot!

[@thetroll1247]

@Haide Haide it takes a long time to cross the ocean with a row boat

[@Shawnaldo-jh3ve]

'motion of the ocean' and the 'angle of the dangle' are very important, but for a good time, don't forget the 'yaw of her jaw'

[@agentk3984]

@@thetroll1247 Exactly, why get there so fast? Take the scenic route, make it a great time on the sea ;)

[@MichaelBrandonMcCartney]

There are some stomachs that will definitely debate the intimidation of length

[@PatWakWriter]

Ok, so I landed here right after watching the Casual Criminalist episode on Leopold and Loeb, only to hear about another Loeb here. Not impossible, but a little unsettling. That said, this episode is absolutely fascinating! I’m definitely putting Oumuamua in my “inspiration” folder for creative writing 🤩

[@The_Daily_Tomato]

There is not a cell in my body that does not wish it to be aliens. To be alive for humanities first contact for better or worse would be the biggest honor of my life. But I'm a pessimist so it was probably something common that we just did not know about.

[@GuinessOriginal]

Isn't this the first interstellar object they've discovered? Be a huge coincidence if the very first one was aliens. Unless of course the universe is teeming with it

[@craftpaint1644]

Okay. Another UFO was reported the other day by an airliner, forgot which 🤗

[@GuinessOriginal]

@@craftpaint1644 no, that was a 737 max or 777 falling out of the sky

[@bluedragonfly8139]

Not a pessimist, a realist. First rule of skepticism: Keep an open mind, but *not so open that your brain falls out*.

[@DneilB007]

There’s a weird oppositional thing with ‘Oumuamua-either it’s a natural phenomenon or a spaceship from an alien civilization. Why not both? If I wanted to send a craft through interstellar space, I could either spend billions developing all kinds of different shielding technologies, or I could find a rock big enough that its core would be insulated from solar radiation, hollow it out, and then send it on its way with whatever payload I wanted.

[@cripplegunsmith1]

A great scifi writer, John Ringo, wrote some books about making large space rocks into battle stations.

[@theobserver9131]

That would require IMMENSE amounts of energy to accelerate or change its velocity. You'd have to tap nuclear level sources at the very least... more likely antimatter I guess...

[@oliver8928]

@traditional arts You seem oddly articulate for someone so willing to announce a wacky alien theory. I study palaeontology and would be interested to know what has informed this view of human origins?

[@oliver8928]

@traditional arts Interesting to hear people break down how they arrive at opinions and views. I think it's a better starting point for exchanging ideas through discussion and debate, as to be conscious of the fact we all inhabit often very different paradigms - and so grow in our understanding. That said, I'd like to know how our understandings of human origins differ. I've followed anthropological literature a little and so coming from a place of a vague understanding of hominid evolutionary relationships, I ask; *what evidence you might have seen would suggest anything other than a slow, incremental development of humans towards their current state?*

[@oliver8928]

@traditional arts I think what we might find here is that the current scientific understanding has a wide range of substantiated and compelling answers to the biological side of this, I of course don't represent them but as an undergrad I could have a good crack at all those point you mention if you like. However, I'm sure the scientific side, myself included, has very little knowledge of - and the less congnescant would scoff at - evidence of extraterrestrial contact. I suspect the reverse is also true, I'd suggest you lack any knowledge of the scientific understanding of human development and that I am almost totally ignorant of any evidence of ancient alien contact. Hence the importance of discussion I mention, with debate one can unite viewpoints to form understanding.

[@thedungeondelver]

Meanwhile on an alien planet... "Gunner, target missed. 2 minutes north, drop three, fire for effect."

[@YeeSoest]

This one

[@jayhom5385]

Going by looks it's a space turd thrown by a giant space monkey.

[@thedungeondelver]

@John Barber Not quite, I just know the lingo.

[@jeffreypierson2064]

Are you suggesting "Starship Troopers" arachnids?

[@hokutoulrik7345]

It is hard to hit a moving target at that kind of range.

[@binkwillans5138]

Our sci-fi movies always show cigar-shaped objects moving in a straight line. That ass-over-head spin makes much more sense for steering and controlling momentum in space.

[@migwashere5389]

I've seen enough sci-fi movies to know that this is an early invasion force. Most likely sent from Klendathu

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

Buggs kill all buggs

[@omegayeet6183]

Until oumuamua turns about around and hits Buenos Aires

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Would you like to know more?

[@Alejandro_87]

Better book my Zegema Beach vacation now...

[@LightBusterX]

Didn't the Zerg use the same strategy?

[@fafahkenn]

This is exactly how Jimmy Neutron got sent to an Alien Game Show by answering a riddle from a rock.

[@mohitvyas97]

Lmfao

[@aceundead4750]

Was that when he tried to date an alien girl?

[@fafahkenn]

@@aceundead4750 YASSSSSSS HAHAAHAHAHAH LMAO im now thinking tht the aliens are mocking us for not answering the rock riddle for thousands of yrs now lol Im just kidding 😂😂😂😂

[@HarryWessex]

Yeah the film that actually predated the show

[@cdurkinz]

I know the riddle of the rock. LEMON.

[@Dullwo]

WHO's throwing POOP into our solar system?!

[@Danny-Boy88190]

For all their supposed advanced technology; Aliens really don't know much about the great and sacred toilet tech🤫

[@chargingrhino5636]

Wouldn't that be a much-needed moment of levity? We may not speak the same language, we may not breathe the same kinds of air, they may have 17 arms and we only have two, but poop jokes are universally funny. "Here, launch this Klingon coprolite at that blue planet in the Sol System. By the time it gets there they're going to need the laugh."

[@danielduncan6806]

You are not ready. More specifically, your genetic material is not ready. Please do not breed. If you breed you only make our species worse than it already is. So please refrain.

[@nils-christiannilsen7115]

Lol yeah maybe its a giant aliens turd?

[@rayscott9465]

Thanos turd

[@nobairavare]

Humans: wow, this will be remembered forever, a great moment for human astronomical science :') Giant Alien Turd: watch this drift real quick bitches

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

I didn’t realize until I saw this video that Oumuamua’s closest point to earth occurred on the same day my grandmother left it. Even the heavens said goodbye to her. What a way to leave this world.

[@johannageisel5390]

She took a ride on it.

[@YouberChannel]

@@johannageisel5390 to the Afterworld

[@Darth.Fluffy]

That's some Heaven's Gate stuff there.

[@PhuckedUpPhilosophy]

@@Darth.Fluffy yum yum apple sauce !

[@Unknownety]

Could technically be a spaceship. If I were part of some futuristic society, I wouldn't see it as unreasonable for "space missions" to last thousands of years. Taking a trip past our sun might just be a convenient way to alter course or be part of a shorter route to some other destination. Just like Voyager probes used our planets for acceleration, it wouldn't be illogical for an alien race to use our sun in a similar fashion.

[@Dragrath1]

The problem is it was in the galactic standard of rest which isn't something an interstellar probe could be in without intentional deceleration as stars don't reside in the galactic standard of rest as they aren't slowed down in the same way diffuse gas and dust clouds are.

[@asahmosskmf4639]

Why can't it just be a rock ?

[@GuinessOriginal]

@@Dragrath1 is this standard decided by the galactic interstellar planning Council? What does it mean?

[@Dragrath1]

@@GuinessOriginal The galactic standard of rest is defined as the reference frame of the interstellar medium i.e. the mean reference frame of collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Statistically stars lose this velocity when their birth cluster's dissociate and any object that originated around a stellar system is statistically unlikely to be within the galactic standard of rest as to escape they need to exceed the escape velocity of the bound system. To get to this standard of rest you would need the star's velocity and the object's velocity relative to its host star being both in excess of escape velocity and perfectly canceling out the stellar velocity. Aliens indeed could put something into this frame via rockets but if said object is a light sail it will be disrupted by the electromagnetic background which would prevent it from settling into the rest frame. This is why Avi Loeb's hypothesis depends on the aliens intentionally putting and maintaining the object in this reference frame to match observations which requires a number of untestable assumptions. This is a bit of a problem for the tidally disrupted asteroid model as well in the statistical sense not as problematic as if the host star had yet to leave the standard of rest it would be easier for any small kick to get canceled out as the difference would be smaller as a whole but still this would be an unlikely coincidence. Only the hydrogen iceberg hypothesis naturally would be expected to be within the standard of rest as these objects would be a sub gravitationally bound failed star. In particular if Oumuamua was a hydrogen iceberg I suspect it would likely be part of the Pleiades moving group just like the local interstellar cloud our sun is passing through. (In fact in this scenario the local interstellar cloud and Oumuamua would be coevolved structural remnants like the local bubble, a structure composed of the interacting shock fronts from recent supernovae remnants that have yet to fully dampen out, that the solar system has recently passed through. (On astronomical timescales that is) Whoops I apparently forgot to post my reply.

[@senorquack5182]

Yeah the spinning of said rock would be really nice to sit inside

[@ericday3538]

On a side note, it's weird to think that an alien probe the size of Voyager 1 could zip by within a few thousand miles and we wouldn't even notice.

[@Blackpearlmatt]

Not really, space is huge and observing every inch of the sky for objects that don’t emit light is impossible. Yes there are some telescopes designed for this purpose but it’s impossible to observe all of them

[@Bitchslapper316]

It's a lot bigger then Voyager 1. It's estimated to be between 100-1000 meters long. So as long as a football field minimum up to the length of 10 football fields. Probably somewhere in the middle.

[@ericday3538]

@@Bitchslapper316 I'm aware of that. My thought was of probes like ours that are considerably smaller. As it is we barely saw this thing. My point was there could be alien probes the size of minivans all around us and we wouldn't know it. 🙈

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@ericday3538 Yeah, you are 100% right, there could be probes all over the solar system and we wouldn't even know. Another amazing and scary thing that came to light recently was nearby exoplanets. Less then 2 years ago a planet was discovered orbiting the habitable zone of the closest star to ours, proxima centauri. Just the other day another planet was discovered by the same team orbiting the habitable zone of the second closest star, alpha centauri. We are just now starting to see some planets around the habitable zone the closest stars, I'd imagine they're common at this point. It's scary because until about 2 years ago most scientists said planets of that size in that zone were rare.

[@fntime]

@@ericday3538 And while we spend decades wasting time trying to prevent a 'climate crisis' that might or might not happen, the Planet is vulnerable to civilization ending collisions with comets & meteors probably not known to us presently. Is there something being hidden from us by our governments, academic organizations & religions. Does anyone considering the discoveries in the last 2 decades the official story that hunter gathers planted roots 12, 000 yrs ago and that was the beginning of civilization, to be true or accurate. Myths are always rejected because they lack the scientific perspective of today. And it seems the field of Anthropology is either inept or conspiratorial or both. One thing is certain, People's in the past spent a great deal of effort & time, looking to the Heavens. Why? Religions are a closed system. They do not search for change. They build Temples not Observatories that seem to be prevelant worldwide by Ancient Peoples.

[@nirvana131995]

Never thought I'd be able to trust information given from a youtube channel more than The History Channel. Love it!

[@LightBusterX]

Since when is the History Channel a trustful source of information?

[@samsmith2635]

New Drinking Game: Every time Simon says Oumuamua take a drink.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

I dud, id hass totally nu effects on meh...

[@iteerrex8166]

It was a spaceship here to visit us, but as they got closer and looked. Their captain yelled at his science officer and said: I thought you said there was intelligent life on this planet.

[@whatsnext2383]

Right? They probably rolled up the windows, locked the doors and stepped on the gas.

[@randybounds2244]

Ayee! Captain that`s all she`s got, she won`t take no more!

[@Batmanshypeman]

@@whatsnext2383 thats why it sped up on the way out they said warp speed outta here.

[@bazza945]

They picked up Fox News.

[@johannageisel5390]

"Well yeah, but they seem to have not invented technology yet." - science officer Meanwhile in Earth's ocean: * Octopus punches fish *

[@GEORGE-jf2vz]

The alien probe found out how stupid we were and went back home.

[@danielduncan6806]

Actually, if that were the case, that it is/was a probe that was intentionally sent here by an extraterrestrial race, it is more likely that it was responsible for uplifting our species, as its arrival coincides with the beginning of the human modern age.

[@RAMMSTEIN4HIMMER]

@@danielduncan6806 Makes me want to uplift some species in Stellaris.

[@unclestoma4699]

@@RAMMSTEIN4HIMMER purge the xenos for the imperium

[@spritemon98]

@@danielduncan6806 or the civilization already died out after they sent it

[@chuxmix65]

I asked them for a ride. They said "Could, but wont."

[@faydflourite3249]

Until recently, for the sake of my mental health I haven't actively sought out the news since 2016, just catching whatever my parents happened to be watching or listening to - so no wonder I completely missed this! Man, does it feel good to look back and find gems like this peeking out from the muck... I guess the past couple of years weren't all bad after all, were they?

[@rtqii]

We survived ;)

[@noorasariina5571]

Thank you for making this😍 Oumuamua is one that gives me very much the feels😅 I had shivers all over listening to this out of excitement. I know you’re not doing the most scientific stuff here but still loved it and had good info 😊

[@Redemptorchapter]

If it was a probe, I was holding out my thumb and I had my towel. Why do I still suffer this infernal sandtrap!

[@pierce9019]

I think you forgot the ring, or you would have been successful

[@picassoboy52]

Not clever

[@jameskim1505]

It was for dolphins fool

[@Redemptorchapter]

@@jameskim1505 Never understood all that clicking and chirping...plus those spectacular back flips...

[@velocitymg]

Started out as an alien cruise to see a planet of intelligent monkeys until they turned the improbability drive on...

[@towedarray7217]

Strongly recommended Avi Loeb’s “Extraterrestrial” book. There have been other well respect scientists to stick their reputations on the line for a specific discovery but this is an extremely successful and well-regarded scientist and he is ‘all in’ on this. His book is very well rounded and spends tons of time on non-ET theories. I’ve been through his book 4 times so far and the “buoy” or beacon concept keeps me up at night. 2017 was a very special year for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence for a bunch of reasons but the more I look into this the more mind blowing this is. It’s one of those extraordinary things that gets even more plausible when you apply hard scrutiny to it. A very important moment and one hell of a mystery. It’s even sweeter knowing it wasn’t Loeb’s discovery in the first place, the gravity comes from him and his team’s analysis. This is a really fascinating object and it is incredibly cool that just a few months later, the New York Times released their story about Navy/DoD videos and the ATIP program. Unrelated to this of course but 2017 was the year I didn’t think I’d live to see in my lifetime. Anything more is just dessert. 🍨

[@Bitchslapper316]

I'm looking forward to reading that. I have been following his interviews and podcasts for a few years now and he is certainly one of the most interesting personalities in the whole field. The guy is really high up in academia circles and holds all kinds of titles but he isn't afraid to speak his mind and go against mainstream beliefs. He is also extremely well spoken and explains things so even the layman can understand it.

[@Dragrath1]

@@Bitchslapper316 I would suggest caution regarding Loeb's claims as he has reacted way to emotionally related to academic criticism regarding his alien Oumuamua hypothesis which for any self respecting scientist should be an immediate red flag. Worse is he keeps insisting Oumuamua must have been shiny as that would allow it to match the nongravitational acceleration despite evidence from its light curves that rule out that possibility. If he has these light curves that support his claims he should publish them... that way the scientific community can assess them but thus far he hasn't instead he opted to publish a popular novel instead complaining about an anti alien bias in academia. There may be a bias against alien claims but the reaction he has received by academia is largely based on a lack of any constraints of the possibility of alien's yet alone alien intentions or behavior resulting in an infinitely unconstrained parameter space. His criticism of the academic community does have some merit in that there is no reason string theory should be considered reputable science given its decades of failed predictions and string theorists worming their way around that by adding correction terms in a way exactly equivalent to how Ptolemy made his geocentric universe model fit observations by adding epicycles. Enough correction terms can make any model match observations as a direct consequence of Fourier series expansion. But this doesn't make these models good models. I also particularly worry about how his model depends on the assumption that aliens would intentionally decelerate into the galactic standard of rest, aka the frame of reference of gas dust and giant molecular clouds. I have to admit I have lost a lot of respect for Loeb by how poorly he has responded to academic criticism of his model. He still has good points but a scientists most important duty is to try their best to counteract their own systemic biases. I.e. the more you want a hypothesis to be true the harder scrutiny you must subject it to in order to see if it holds up and if not with a heavy heart be willing to let it go. Admittedly most people struggle to meet the ideals of the scientific method including most scientists because we are still human. But this is why admitting this bias is the most important part of being a scientist, the moment this is lapsed you stop being a scientist IMO.

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@Dragrath1 Like I said, I have not read his book. However from his recent interviews it's clear he's not saying that it has to be artificial. He is saying that it is a possibility and that the possibility should be explored instead of shunned.

[@jmarsh5485]

@@Dragrath1 perhaps Loeb is one of these Scientists who have learned not only the value of writing a book concerning a subject that most reasonable people would find a fascinating subject to contend with but also the value added to the book by 'selling' his empirical reputation in the critical domain along with it. Anyway, IMO that's more likely than extra-terrestial-stone-throwers that had an accident, or initiated a tactical operation to encourage us by such means. At least we sent a golden map when we sent out our voyager probes.

[@trippybruh1592]

You're so right I remember some BS going on in washington everyone had their "opinions" on and I'm asking people if they heard about the state department admitting about "off world vehicles" and very few in my circle cared or just ignored it.

[@craigmacgibbon9166]

Probably my favourite Geographics video so far

[@MyCatFooed]

Excellent video Simon!!!

[@grimkupid8478]

Holy crap....I went to high school with the guy that found this thing.

[@llamasugar5478]

Please tell me he was voted Most Likely to Find Something Really Cool.

[@Jack29151]

He was probably the class idiot that everyone picked on and made fun of...Revenge IS the most powerful motivator :D

[@Birbucifer]

@@Jack29151 I doubt they're that childish.

[@brian8861]

Went to his school or actually went to school with him?

[@michaelmayhem350]

I can't believe you didn't open this video with "I'm not saying it was aliens but it's aliens" 😂🤣😂🤣

[@kl2645]

“ALEGENDLY!”...oh, wrong channel.

[@RobertPyland]

Yes! Yes! Yes! This video has the “wow” factor that only Astronomy can provide. More, please.

[@AllDayBikes]

4:23 A Neo reference? haha, legend.

[@CrypidLore]

I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's probably some sort of chupacabra bigfoot hybrid.

[@chadimirputin2282]

Don't be stupid, It's a space shark with frickin lasers for fins.

[@YnseSchaap]

Chupachoop

[@Veldtian1]

'The Beast of Seven Chutes' *Google images.

[@Ichsukatanuka]

It's a rock that a space Bigfoot tossed hard

[@picassoboy52]

What made you think that was clever

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:30 - Chapter 1 - A visitor from afar 5:25 - Chapter 2 - Discovery 8:15 - Mid roll ads 9:30 - Chapter 3 - Exit time 12:40 - Chapter 4 - The mystery 16:25 - Chapter 5 - 1st contact ?

[@mikebeatstsb7030]

What a you..? A knockoff version of The Time Stamps Guy..?

[@KeithKickflipmanualBennett]

Or... you could actually watch the whole fk'n video. While your at it, "smash that like button"

[@zacharygarcia5902]

Awesome video!! Thanks Simon!!

[@youtube2snoopy820]

I think one of the signature weirdnesses of Oumuamua is that it changed not just speed but direction. To make that work on the physics we've seen before it had to be incredibly light, like a collapsed sail wrapped around a snapped off mast... from some other civilization or maybe a sliver of a bubble formed when a star was in its 'making babies' stage of a supernovae, when most matter is forged in the converging echoes of its' explosion and collapse. If it were somehow forged by natural means but was gossamer thin, then solar wind or the force of light may have been sufficient to create the course and speed change that was witnessed. That's a lot of ifs. If it was anything but that then the fact that it changed speed and direction meant that it had some kind of propulsion system and that system switched on shortly after the object passed earth.

[@tomlxyz]

That sounds like a lot of speculation

[@WrenNeigh]

It’s the Chindi (any Jack McDevitt fans here?) he literally wrote a book about what looked like giant space rock which was actually an unmanned alien ship traveling the cosmos recording the life it found.

[@DavidMorris1984]

What's the name of the book???

[@WrenNeigh]

@@DavidMorris1984 it’s called Chindi by Jack McDevitt

[@DavidMorris1984]

@@WrenNeigh Ah. Didn't realise that was the title too. Thought it was just the alien race in the book. Will have a look for it!

[@Alejandro_87]

Oh man I've read that book! I was crushing on Priscilla Hutchins the whole time haha. But the way it leaves some things unexplained and the implications they had were very fun to ponder about. It's a great read.

[@zfreak2808]

I have a feeling that the acceleration has something to do with its highly elliptical orbit and the solar wind. Orbital mechanics uses very traditional science and mathematics to solve their equations. Like quantum and relativity, there are probably higher level effects at work for something as strange as this asteroid. It's far more plausible than a signal-less alien asteroid greeting card.

[@chriscurtain1816]

Shouldn't we be questioning the comet 'out gassing' theory? Yet we presume that theory to be correct and Omuamua's acceleration to be caused by something else. As for aliens - I think they would have arranged for a slightly longer stay at their destination after travelling for many thousands of our earth years.

[@nickcompton5981]

Yeah cuz I'm sure the top astrophysicist didn't think of your theory at all, maybe u should apply for there jobs.

[@mikehoffman3690]

Absolutely amazing video. Great subject.

[@123456789tapper]

Simon this is probably my favorite one you’ve ever made

[@masterrafferty4065]

You know it looks like a Mon Calamari cruiser from Star Wars. "Admiral, we're rapidly approaching planet Earth!" "It's a trap!"

[@eyeballpapercut4400]

it really has the shape of a micro Home One

[@harrisongoode5468]

imagine what this person smells like..

[@michaelhowell2326]

I really dig how you guys keep coming up with cool stuff to talk about. Places or things I've never really given much thought to in so much depth.

[@jaybee9269]

Very well made, nice presentation.

[@dezzodarling]

Thank you for posting - this video remains my most revisited and/or shared upload on KZbin. Shades of "Rendezvous with Rama" by A.C. Clarke

[@lovesimon2946]

Of all your channels and stories, this was my favorite.

[@LEDewey_MD]

Kudos for great reporting and explanation of this astronomical event!

[@odmcclintic]

Thanks for this vid, the most concise break down of the info!

[@GolfPrincessCL]

LOVE the space videos🌌 More please! 😻 Stay safe 😷💕

[@FussyPickles]

I'm not saying it's the proto-molecule, but do we really want to take that risk?

[@Viper-dn8ix]

I'll take the asteroids before I take that nasty blue goo. Edit: Any time I hear Simon say "interstellar" I can't help but hear Dresden say "Phoebe was an extra-solar object." And I dislike the comparison...

[@Mansini77]

Iz all good, bossmang.

[@craigh5236]

Its Rama, expect two more visits

[@danielslubski1028]

I don't like the proto molecule, but I wish we will find a ring gate 🤗

[@Blackpearlmatt]

All it takes is a small glob of blue shit under the deck of your ship and you start seeing a guy in a hat rambling about doors and corners

[@codidevlugt2153]

I literally just heard about this yesterday and thought "it would be nice if Mr. Whistler did a video on this." Not even 24 hours later this appears. Thank you.

[@AndyDrudy]

Great video!

[@adamiyaman9360]

I really wanted to know what you had to say about this!

[@mnichols1979]

You mean his writers? Lol

[@chadimirputin2282]

Lol, he just reads scripts you dummy

[@adamiyaman9360]

Yeah but he has them in the basement and he's the one who cracks the whip!

[@shig.bitz.3205]

Probably says the same as any science based publication, but Simon says it better

[@CallMeKam.]

My thought exactly!

[@angelahempel3127]

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope- LSST in Chile is officially renamed the "Vera C. Rubin Observatory"

[@Marlfox70]

I really enjoyed this, I'd like to see more space themed videos from you

[@Chumon30]

Love me a good Omuamua video. Thanks guys, well done

[@RogueRoach]

Oumuamua: *appears* Humanity: :D Oumuamua: bye!

[@gaylonjohnson904]

My day is perfect now! Thanks Simon

[@stevenlabuschagne7484]

I am so glad you mentioned Avi. Thanks for a great channel!!!!!!! All options are available to us. It would be great if you can do a video on the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis!!!!!!

[@dazuk1969]

You covered this one really well dude.....even Loeb would be proud of ya.

[@tncorgi92]

I'm not that concerned about missing it, more important that it missed US.

[@briangarrow448]

That asteroid is a giant cocaine booger from an interstellar race of giant drug users and is worth billions of dollars if we could only mine it!

[@gamerjay6624]

To late , the colombians have already got there ( with a little bit of help from the CIA ) and have already wrapped it up in plastic and duct tape.

[@mistyrious1111starseed]

I love the way you talk, the way you present yourself and your stories and I love your accent! ♥️

[@sylviahoffman9440]

This was incredible. I hadn't heard about this yet, and thank you so much for citing your souces. I was able to research more and get a better understanding of this discovery. It will be interesting to see what more the new project starting next year will discover, especially with 1 new discovery anticipated each year. That is outstanding.

[@templarw20]

Your point toward the end is important. The cool thing is that, despite the answer was “no,” an alien, artificial object was still on the list as a serious explanation.

[@Jack29151]

We avoid the subject of aliens like the plague, and we've attached such a stigma to it, that even tho the damn thing was under intelligent control you asshats always go for nature. even with an obviously piloted object like Oumuamua. Science has become an abomination. you fuckers don't think Aliens are even possible even tho WE are alive and WE are not special or unique, it's not science, it's speciesism.

[@templarw20]

@@Jack29151 Dude, it showed no evidence of actual control. Beyond that, you're assumptions and the truth dine at separate tables.

[@Jack29151]

@@templarw20 with you guys it's always nature. even if they landed the damn thing it would still be nature. and it showed the same kind of control our own probes exhibit. right down to the gravity assist they did around the sun. the ONLY kind of aliens you guys look for are stupid microbes.

[@templarw20]

@@Jack29151 Again, your assumptions prove the rest of your statements to be false.

[@Jack29151]

@@templarw20 nature produces boring shit like rocks and microbes, it doesn't produce super cool awesome shit like interstellar spacecraft and beings that can talk to you and give you cool shit like technology. you guys don't set your hopes high enough...you're content with boring mundane meaningless shit like stupid microbes.

[@Airehcaz]

Rendezvous With Rama!!! That’s immediately what I thought about when I heard this news in 2017

[@saraht1661]

that was extremely well done, good job guys

[@mitchellkrouth5083]

Thank you for knowledge

[@billynewman2951]

I'm getting more sucked into space than ever thought possible

[@b.griffin317]

I can recommend a whole bunch of channels if you're interested.

[@Noah-eh9ip]

@@b.griffin317 I’ll take the channels since I’m also getting really interested into space

[@anonymousrex5207]

The fact that they didn't name the damn thing "Rama" is a crime

[@Winterstormadvisory]

You're the first person I've ever seen mention it and I really appreciate that

[@rmtheg234]

Rama was suggested but the current name kinda fits, the 1st distant messenger. Sounds mysterious I think.

[@Winterstormadvisory]

@@rmtheg234 yeah, I hadn't finished the video when I made that comment.

[@theobserver9131]

It's very commonly compared to Rama.

[@forssi1]

What does *Rama* mean?

[@BlueMonkeySky]

Impossible not to subscribe. ☺️❤️ This guy rocks. Awesome content.

[@michaeljohnston6856]

I think this is my favorite video you’ve done.

[@MaxHuth]

Hey Simon! Most people are unaware of Ruby Ridge. Would love to see you cover it. It's like Waco but worse

[@trippybruh1592]

Not worse but it was part of the series of events that inspired the Oklahoma City bombing.

[@johnr797]

How is Ruby Ridge worse than Waco??

[@sajidmushfique6375]

Just imagine if Omuamua was a ship or a rocket in disguise of aliens which came to observe our solar system. *Goosebumps !!

[@valiroime]

We are on a speck, in orbit around a brighter speck, in an outer spiral arm, in orbit around the galaxy core. That’s some serious level of needle/haystack there.

[@akapoka8732]

Simon has conquered my KZbin recommended with his expansive arsenal of channels

[@tristramcoffin926]

I have a lot of ideas about this but instead I just want to thank you for having one of the most interesting channels on the internet.

[@goncalodumas]

One dislike!? Looks like Oumuamua didn't endorse this video.

[@redshirt5126]

I guess WiFi signals in space are stronger than one would expect

[@Zman44444]

Ya know... never understood why people downvote.

[@Karthesios]

@@Zman44444 I figure it’s because he derails the video by shoehorning the sponsored plug in midway through instead of at the start or end where it feels less intrusive.

[@anngo4140]

"Active camo on, guys! We don't wanna get infected by Florida!"

[@johnbaugh2437]

Listened to Avi Loeb discuss this on Joe Rogan the other day. Fascinating to ponder. His example is like walking on a beach. You see sea shells and know they’re natural, but if you come upon a plastic bottle you think hmmmm...not natural.

[@LolLol-ui3jh]

great channel thanks a lot stay safe

[@RAS_Squints]

Do Black Knight satellite next😄

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

It was an alien ship disguised as a rock, probably Vulcans. But since we don't have a warp drive to show off it ignored us since we are too primitive.

[@toddnolastname4485]

It didn't look like a rock. We're just being told it looks like a rock. None of the "pictures" of the ship are actual pictures. Yes, I said ship. It was aliens. Anybody saying otherwise is lying.

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

@@toddnolastname4485 actually for interstellar travel a hollowed-out asteroid is probably the cheapest way to do it. Probably just swung by for a solar gravity assist on some million-year trip to save fuel. But truth is we don't know if it was aliens or not, as that is usually the last hypothesis tested if one wants to not wreck their career. I don't see what the big deal is either way as far as aliens or not. It's stupid to assume we are the only sentient species in the galaxy (there's probably 2-3 others at least, even if they are unreachable in the next million years due to the distances involved).

[@overlordzfj2082]

Ive been going over the older stuff before I got to the new. This beard my guy, love it!

[@daintybeigli]

Sometimes I feel dumb watching this channel, since there’s so much I haven’t heard of. But on the bright side, it means that there’s so much for me to discover (like our first interstellar visitor)!

[@calraise6460]

Aliens been locking their doors at night when they discovered Earth.

[@heyheytaytay]

And here I thought "outgassing" is what happens when your flatulence gets out of control and you're kicked out of your house.

[@rynslev]

a shard of a planet was my initial thought upon hearing it

[@ToporkestraVeteran]

Thanks Simon

[@tehbonehead]

Omuamua rolling through the Sol System like Karen rolling thru Englewood...

[@adamc1966]

I'm sure there have been many, many things like this in the past that we never had the tech. to detect. When they collide with the Earth, well that is a different story.

[@riaranta3150]

I live for episodes like this 💯❤️

[@jaccororman3069]

Awesome !!

[@aceundead4750]

Im waiting for the Simon Whistler streaming service. That'll be the day i get a streaming service without having second thoughts about the money im about to spend

[@elliejelly8815]

Good news for people who read the expanse, the protomolecule missed earth

[@andymouse]

do you watch the show ? was episode 10 end of season please ?

[@elliejelly8815]

@@andymouse episode ten was the last episode of season 5 I’m fairly certain yeah. I didn’t want to wait for season 6 so I just switched to the audio books

[@andymouse]

@@elliejelly8815 thanks !

[@Blackpearlmatt]

Damn builders firing Phoebe at us

[@Giorgi.Koberidze]

Great Video. Please make a video on Edmond Halley and Comet, named after him.

[@simul8rduude]

oumuamua and the first picture of a black hole made these past few years Incredibly interesting as far as space. its a shame we'll be long gone before we have the technology to venture beyond our solar system bounds or colonize other planets. +100 points Simon. this was a really interesting geographics.