'Oumuamua Finally Explained Using a Brilliant Analysis

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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an incredible study that may have once and for all solved the mystery of 'Oumuamua - the interstellar visitor detected in 2017.
Small correction: the red stuff on Pluto is also made out of tholins which are organic compounds that often provide that color.
Papers: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...
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[@whatdamath]

Small correction: the red stuff on Pluto is also made out of tholins which are organic compounds that often provide that color. A lot of the surface is nitrogen ice too, but it's not necessarily the main reason behind the "redness" of Pluto and similar objects.

[@Cliffordlonghead]

B

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome Video

[@raym6791]

I was gonna say that but you beat me to it Anton

[@Cliffordlonghead]

@@raym6791 ok

[@sal166]

Anton will you adopt me?

[@williamhoward7121]

Mark Twain had a great saying about being misled. "It's easier to fool someone than to convince someone that they've been fooled".

[@Nefertiti0403]

Yesss

[@xiloeteknowledgiesllc1973]

No I haven't!

[@awwwkwaard3988]

LMAOooooo, Dunning Krugger effect is strong in the comment section

[@mr.battle20]

Which is why they teach the Theory of Evolution in schools as though it was fact.

[@davekiller143]

Plato's Cave Allegory

[@WayOfAges]

As a former employee of Caltech, I can attest that academic institutions are all in on this opportunistic idea predation. Their PR departments maintain constant contact with news outlets to make public any and all findings, preliminary or otherwise, in near real time. They’re competing for precedence, publicity, funding and Nobel laureates.

[@mikeb4650]

You said it in a much nicer way.

[@paulbattenbough1002]

exactly wild theory and money squandered to research it.

[@wbiro]

But the media is also culpable, looking for anything to sensationalize, even if it means drawing wrong (though popular wishful thinking) conclusions just to attract views and make a buck...

[@toddcoolbaugh9978]

Having been in, and out, of academia I'd say that for every self-promoting egotist there are dozens of dedicated scientists driven by the desire to understand what's around us. Taken out of context, many of the questions being asked can sound foolish, but that can be said of most things out of context. I dare say that you misunderstood the point being made in the video. ​@@paulbattenbough1002

[@reekinronald6776]

I saw this in the 90s as a graduate student. Much of the spin you saw in the media for a particular scientific story was created in the University and then given to the News Network. We all should be more skeptical about popular science articles. Although, it's hard to see where the motive for spinning what appears to be a pure science topic, people don't realize the amount of money that is on the line. Popular Science articles kinda serve the same purpose as those advertisements for prescription drugs. Why would they show these to the general public? It's to influence the people that control the money.

[@andyhart358]

Dear Anton, please can we have THAT on a t-shirt. "keep your mind open, but not so open that your brain falls out". Priceless !

[@Colombia20102018]

This is not an original quote though

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

It’s actually a GK Chesterton quote from a century ago

[@user-xj8wy4uu1q]

Haha

[@MariusRiley]

: It's been available on t-shirts and bumper stickers for decades.

[@dasdaleberger5683]

" You don't want to become so open minded that the wind whistles between your ears " - Absolute Legend

[@MecdiAn]

Terence?

[@jasonpassofaro3305]

I’ll listen to the wind over my own judgment honestly lol

[@gooshnpupp]

@Sean Matheney that's the one I know;-)

[@MecdiAn]

@@jasonpassofaro3305 this guy's a legend ^

[@focuhsed6147]

Too late I already got tinnitus

[@TimbavatiLion]

i find it weird that no video discussing Omuamua ever shows the actual images taken from the object. I know, 1-2 blinking pixels are not all that amazing, but it would show people how drastically fantasized the artist impressions are. And to make it 100% clear that we didn't see it as clearly.

[@TalkinKush]

There’s no image of it, just hypotheses

[@grant1390]

@@TalkinKush That is not true.

[@bb5979]

@@grant1390well, the image is just a dot. Who know what the surface actually looks like

[@grant1390]

@@bb5979 Of course it is just a dot. Though it was also observed spectroscopically.

[@tiredofliars]

Is it just me? The object ejected invisible gases heated by the Sun which would cause it to move away from the Sun, but his image of its path at 3:30 shows it moving CLOSER to the sun than expected?

[@johnrichardson7629]

When I heard about the pancake shape, I immediately figured that it simply HAD to be an interstellar sunfish. I begrudgingly acknowledge that the alternative you discuss here has the inside track. But the interstellar sunfish hypothesis has NOT been definitively refuted!

[@Clayne151]

The brightness fluctuations clearly come from its tail flapping, not rotation!

[@nimblehuman]

Ou-mola-mola? 🤡

[@johnrichardson7629]

@@nimblehuman Excellent!

[@johnrichardson7629]

@@Clayne151 Good point!

[@leonallen6159]

“…..not so open that your brain falls out.” - I hate that when that happens!

[@Tisicajedna]

So basically we have rejected hypothesis it was "uncontrollable Battlestar Galactica shaped object" in favor that it was "somewhat rusty Millenium Falcon shaped object"

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@Pyxis10 No it wasn't "aleins" *_IT WAS ALIENS!!!_* 👽

[@scififan698]

That's real science for you, c'mon man!

[@n1mbusmusic606]

yeah space trash from another society out there.

[@niles006]

Exactly my point as well. 😂😂😂

[@raybod1775]

It's obviously a piece of a world blown up in an intergalactic war far, far away.

[@chriswhitenack8853]

You can't fool me, Anton. That's the Millenium Falcon. :-D

[@MistaGrim]

lmao that's what I thought right away

[@pkkiller_apathy4568]

The Hutts got pissed Han's ship is still around so they froze it in Carbonite...

[@TheMoulie]

Just what I was thinking!

[@chriswhitenack8853]

@@TheMoulie Great minds and all.

[@chriswhitenack8853]

@@pkkiller_apathy4568 They do that, those pizza people.

[@SimoniousB]

Thanks Anton, great quip at the end; ‘Keep your mind open but not so your brain falls out’. Love it ❤

[@Colombia20102018]

We have a quote like this in Spanish. Very good!

[@jamesmaxdavissands]

That's exactly what my wife said before she divorced me

[@OslerWannabe]

Anton my friend, it's been fun watching you develop over the years, Your content is always first rate, well-conceived and presented. And you are experiencing the full Norm Abrams effect. I'm really impressed with how natural and idiomatic your English is getting. It's time to become a Patron.

[@illwyte]

I feel like someone took extra care to make the pancake version of Omohamoa look like the Millennium Falcon

[@paulflynn8581]

So I wasn't crazy lol

[@ashmanism]

Brilliant. Here's the new artist impression [puts up image of a something that looks even more like a spaceship - millennium falcon]. I jumped to conclusions

[@JasonJason210]

I'll have to delete my comment now...

[@burningchrome70]

And the Baltic Sea anomaly...

[@FuriousImp]

Oumuamua*

[@jolson3x]

I can't believe this happened in 2017, that's insane. Where did the time go?!

[@floydthedroid5935]

No where. Time is a word humans created to dumb down one of the key fundamental parts of the here & now, to provide others with the human condition to find relevance.

[@conorhennell2623]

@@floydthedroid5935 ok buddy, he was just saying how time as flown since 2017, it seems like maybe a year or so ago

[@dmtc6913]

@@conorhennell2623 ok buddy

[@steverodgers4573]

@@conorhennell2623 repspect the droid simpleton

[@fatedtolive667]

Oumuamua is a time stealing probe, from a distant star system, and took it all. 😅😅😅

[@harrybrick9907]

I've watched many of your videos. You do a great job of explaining a diversity of scientific matters without dumbing it down. Great use of visuals, too. My father who was a junior high teacher would have loved your productions. If you want to see another teacher producing good videos on very different subject matter, try History Hustle; he also has an unusal accent (to American ears) , odd personal style and loads of enthusiasm. Thanks again.

[@2painful2watch]

Why so unusual when in USA and Canada we have a plethora of immigrants who speak fluent English with accents? It's not so unusual to me since I hear all accents from people from abroad and our regional accents of English spoken all over the continent every day. What's your accent like?

[@garyfeltman4482]

The gullibility now days is off the chart!

[@xantiom]

No one truly believed it was a spaceship, with the exception of one guy...

[@xmathmanx]

How interesting, please share the data 😁

[@1988dgs]

They are going to remove “gullible” from the dictionary to please woke people as it offends them

[@minervaselysium137]

@@xmathmanx Avi Loeb the dumbest of them all.

[@davidsstalidzans2167]

"Keep your mind open, but not so open that the brain falls out" quote of the decade right there.

[@crono3339]

I love that saying but hear it from rather close minded individuals sometimes haha.

[@Amghannam]

Too late for that, I need to find my brain again.

[@darrenwoolley51]

Twas a good'un wannit!

[@darrenwoolley51]

@@crono3339 reminded me of Jack Sparrow in the 3rd one when he'd dropped his brain!!

[@rikk319]

I believe that was a quote from one of Carl Sagan's books.

[@gedungisphoopnuchle9121]

It was a reflection of Venus on a weather balloon filled with swamp gas!

[@gooberclown]

Now, that's a mouthful, worthy of Project Blue Book!

[@aste4949]

Close, but we still have to figure out where does the basking owl or barn shark fit into all this.

[@DrDeuteron]

@@gooberclown it's MIB.

[@prof.heinous191]

I couldn't see anything for all the vitreous floaters in the way...

[@Alex_Rosefur]

Just a mass hallucination. Move along folks.

[@stinkyfungus]

Oh, you found one of my missing smashed red potatoes! Wondering where that went... Boil red potato, (or any small waxy type potato) skin on till its just cooked through, Cool the potatoes enough to handle them , and smash the potato on a cutting board with the flat of a large knife or bench scraper to about 1/4" thick, forming it into a ragged flat disc, the potato needs to be still firm enough to be squashed without falling apart. put potato disks into a fry pan with a bit of hot butter and fry flipping once till both sides are crispy, season to taste with salt and pepper or a BBQ rub mix as it cooks. Serve a few as a side on each plate with grilled meat, and a salad or hot vegetable - you'll see why i was so upset my smashed potato went missing.

[@BavonWW]

@@stinkyfungus I'm not sure if that's science but it sure sounds tasty!

[@jerryschoofs895]

​@@BavonWWCooking is chemistry.

[@terrylambert9787]

Very enjoyable information Anton! when it comes to being level-headed you have one of the flattest heads out there, by definition you have a very sound mine and probably one of the most level heads out there! you're an asset to the science community!

[@paulbattenbough1002]

My only gripe is Anton's analysis always falls on the scientific establishment's cool reasoning side. l like a bit more speculation and imagination in my science and not so much kowtowing to the general outlook of the NASA indoctrinated 'community' . We know they lie just as in politics. I'd much rather watch science that challenges the orthodoxy

[@TexRobNC]

I thought that red image was a joke, it looks like a fossilized Millenium Falcon.

[@sarasmr4278]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one

[@scififan698]

It does! Completely!

[@ihrv23]

Shit. Beat me to it lmao.

[@ReclinedPhysicist]

It reminded me of something but I couldn't put my finger on it.

[@thewatcher8773]

Same here! Either Han got lost trying to beat his record for the Kessel run. Or someone smashed a huge ball of red play-do.

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

Alien craft is not any conclusion that any scientist came to regarding this object. At most they were saying we should not rule out that it could be an alien craft.

[@JxH]

Wikipedia (which provides references in case you'd like to follow-up) says, "On 26 October 2018, Avi Loeb [an Israeli-American theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology and is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University] and his postdoc, Shmuel Bialy, submitted a paper exploring the possibility of Oumuamua being an artificial thin solar sail accelerated by solar radiation pressure, in an effort to help explain the object's comet-like non-gravitational acceleration..." I guess you used the word "conclusion", so yes - it was not a conclusion. It was "exploring the possibility", which is a step-up from "not rule out".

[@davidelliott5843]

Simply mentioning a possibility (regardless of how unlikely) will cause the media to announce it as a fact. They do it all the time.

[@tomcapon4447]

"Mentioning the possibility" is all Avi Loeb ever does because his career is just fishing for citations in as many fields as possible. In this case he responded to reasonable critiques with outrageous ad hominem attacks and media campaigns. A real scientist would refine his predictions or admit it would be impossible to verify them with new measurements.

[@airthrowDBT]

I've been a subscriber for years but this is my first comment. I was really bought into Omuamua, but your rational explanation was still so interesting and I learned a lot! In some ways this makes me feel better that we aren't yet a true space-faring civilization yet, so we didn't miss our one chance to intercept a Rama-like space probe. Great video, thank you!

[@Funnhouse]

Thank you Anton for always making excellent content. ❤

[@tayzonday]

3:00: “Something similar to what you see right here” Anton’s Barber: Yes sir! ❤️

[@saturnascension]

Chocolate rainnnn

[@liamdoyle5363]

Woah! That's so cool that watch his videos

[@ThyThusThot]

Well this is the last place I'd expect to see Tay Zonday

[@OptimusGnarkill]

Tay you absolute legend you

[@Hubcapdiamondstarhalo]

Yo Tay whats up playa?

[@laurentfargues8113]

Now we are sure of it: Anton is working for the aliens, finding all possible arguments to hide their presence in our solar system

[@KnightspaceORG]

So THAT explains his smile at the end of his recent videos. It all falls into place now.

[@ytalinflusa]

Yeah I never bought that "this is a Canadian accent" business.

[@oorterentity8095]

My first suspicion is that he called me wonderful

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

He may be an alien, but he’s so darn lovable!

[@peterg76yt]

Trying to tell us these things aren't because of aliens is just the sort of thing an alien would do.

[@hrthrhs]

When you're recommended an Anton Petrov video, realise it's old and you've already watched Liked it, but you watch it anyway and still enjoy it.

[@simonalcock1125]

As a scientist, I really appreciate the early section about scientific rigour. But I believe this social media process is the next phase of scientific communication with the public. In an ideal world, scientists making outlandish claims get the "story" into the public consciousness and then more grounded science communicators can join the conversation and explain the true story. Keep up the brilliant work Anton!!!

[@HERiTAGE-ew7pf]

Aliens watching this video: "Our camouflage was a success!"

[@omariondavis2485]

Wow

[@MrTone-er2wj]

Lol!!! That's Hella Funny🤣🤣🤣

[@bobbywalsh7767]

We are the supreme beings in all of the galaxies that exist. Other life forms are behind us. We will be the first to invade another planet.

[@user-Void-Star]

@@bobbywalsh7767 nope, there are many higher civilization out there in our galaxy some of them already came on earth before.

[@Kain366]

Giant raw stake.

[@sulijoo]

Thousands of years from now when Voyager enters an alien solar system, the aliens will look up and say, "Nah, it's just ice, mate"

[@Mscape7]

No one uses mate like that anymore, so no, they won't say, mate, sorry.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Or Voyager will land on a planet inhabited by a medieval society. They'll melt down the gold record for its precious metal value and chuck out the rest of the probe as trash.

[@aidanmagill6769]

@@Mscape7 who hurt you, mate?

[@kindlin]

@@Mscape7 Dafuq kind of weird comment is this? What do _you_ know, lol?

[@firefistace2985]

Sup, mate..

[@007.M-D]

Perfect introduction, perfect pedagogy, perfect explanations. Great job.

[@kjererrrt2381]

perfect blablabla

[@richinoable]

Peerless kneeling

[@007.M-D]

@@richinoable What does Peerless Kneeling mean?

[@aripedrob]

continue your work you give us a calm and solid look at scientific enterprise

[@Hoshimaru57]

I prefer Captain Disillusion’s motto: Love with your heart, but use your brain for everything else.

[@williamverhoef4349]

Digest with your gut, but use your brain to think.

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

Morals don’t matter if u kill someone to prevent deaths in ur ship, maybe u will be out to death but 2 deaths instead of many more

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

I mean parasite

[@thomashogan9196]

Captain Disillusion is probably paying a lot of alimony now.

[@RainingArtillery]

The healthiest and most successful relationships I know of started out with no passion involved. Turns out your brain is more reliable for love than your heart too.

[@garyb8528]

The alien theory is alive and well. The piece of material was part of the remnants of a system destroy by the Death Star. Damn you Vader

[@Alex_Rosefur]

Good point

[@tbrackett9344]

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[@BboyKeny]

@Ratso Fatso Maybe someone pushed it from afar?

[@michaelmcleary8566]

@Ratso Fatso Unless our calculations were incorrect!

[@BlackMasterRoshi]

Tarkin

[@GlobalAnalysis-101]

This explanation has even more fantastical speculations than the alien one!

[@tobeornottobe50]

You are so dang interesting to listen to. Thanks for your expertise on topics like this.

[@markmaki4460]

AMEN, Anton. As a scientist, it has been my observation over the years that the "discipline" of science is actually 40% egos, 40% agendas, and 20% real science. For me it got downright depressing.

[@monnoo8221]

at most 20, at most. I left the "scientific community", which is a propagandistic term for the outside. Yet, leaving just made me to understand that the area science still provides intellectual peak experience. Ergo I mixed, stayed scientific without the need to meet the ego-trippers

[@rstybeach111]

@@monnoo8221 You would enjoy Avi Loeb's book. Highly recommend, based on your comment, if only for the parts unrelated to the controversial chunk of rock.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

The worst thing is that these folks are the ones who get all the attention, drive all the grant dollars, and push science in the wrong direction.

[@86Akos]

This is the reason I don’t blindly believe the government and other dimwits that tell us to “trust the experts and scientist”. It’s an annoying situation, for being sceptical towards what is being portrayed as the “truth” or scientific consensus in some matters, portrays you as a science denier. When in reality it has nothing to do with denying science, but rather that the conclusions presented isn’t convincing enough and in a lot of cases comes of as biased, or in many cases, they’ve decided on the outcome first, then looked for ways to make it happen.

[@tonylalangue6243]

It is true that one builds a reputation in science, good or bad. One case in particular that comes to mind is a historical article that was in the American Journal of physics some decades ago. I was doing research for my honours thesis, and for a break and some light reading looked at an article showing a picture of Sir Isaac Newton’s original paper on gravitation. I noticed that the formula was copied down wrong. Along come some of my peers eager to leave. I pointed the error out, and was met by skepticism. I allowed myself to be dragged off to lunch, promising myself that I would check it out later. Being busy with my studies, I never got back to it. A few years later, on student did point it out and cemented his reputation in the community. Apart from the lesson to “if you see something, say something,” it must be noted that those reviewing Newton’s paper didn’t take the time to follow through with the calculations. I point out that the equation was wrong, not the theory. Having had a tendency to do derivations myself, rather than just accepting them (the schrodinger equation, for example), I failed to follow through when it was most important for me to do so.

[@MrGilRoland]

Me: Leave me alone Anton, I just want to believe! Anton: Hello wonderful person. No.

[@MyStarPeopleExperiences]

No worries. This piece of space junk doesn't discount the reality of ET. Far from it.

[@thebigpicture2032]

It could still be a ship purposefully surrounded by nitrogen ice to protect it during the journey. Good camouflage as well. They switch on tumble mode and silent mode in the event they are spotted by intelligent beings.

[@Shadow77999]

Goodbye

[@Shadow77999]

This NEEDS to be top comment

[@josephelijah1211]

The Big Picture - have you *NEVER* seen the state of mankind's society the world over? It was just thoroughly explained in this video why some of the most intelligent among us are complete morons. Why would aliens, who switch to tumble and silent mode when spotted by intelligent beings, switch to that when spotted by people on earth? That makes absolutely *no sense* whatsoever in any way, shape, form, fashion, fantasy, or imagination. 🤦

[@hoogalaga]

Great video as always I appreciate the education haha. Nice cut!

[@geoffhay2218]

This is a great video Anton!

[@ibustanut]

Most people probably haven't seen the movie Aniara, but omuaua reminds me of it, an old spaceship with a dead society just floating through space.

[@aaronmoss6100]

That movie was sooooo sad! But good🧐

[@jorgepeterbarton]

Always Rendevous with Rama was the first, the progenitor

[@marcusalexander7088]

I was thinking RAMA myself.

[@zephsmith3499]

@@marcusalexander7088 How any anyone not?

[@dananorth895]

Arthur C Clark, the greatest. Grew up on his work.

[@tomjjackson21]

Lol, I love how he chose his words carefully, " A pancake like shape." He could of easily said, " Disc." Which has aided to a plethora of conspiracy theories.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Wait! The aliens are not only visiting us, they’re serving us breakfast.

[@-johnny-deep-]

At least he didn’t say it was saucer shaped!

[@95rav]

... Unidentified Flying Pancake-shape; Unidentified Flying Saucer-shape: same thing; both are Unidentified Flying Objects.

[@merc9nine]

That the scientists pretend to have any idea what this was, is a conspiracy theory

[@andrewhawes3134]

Flying pancakes

[@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke]

Thanks for the clear and concise explanation of this enigmatic object. You just earned my sub brother.

[@toadelevator]

If they've correctly estimated 500 million years as the amount of time it traveled through interstellar space, and they know the trajectory, have they given any list of possible solar systems it may have originated in?

[@FirestormDDash]

"its cigar shaped, its a ship!" Wait its a pancake. "Its the millennium pancake! That's a ship!"

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

And the round ones are death stars, right? :-D

[@jeromevilleray3386]

Do channeling to answer that !

[@ocevicheband502]

No .......it is a Blamange cloud.

[@jemborg]

Lol

[@bluenightfury4365]

I swear i've seen you somewhere Firestorm.

[@evrettej]

How do you not have a million subscribers? This is such an awesome channel. No click bate, no crazy talk, no flat earth stuff. Just good old fun science. Thank you! 🙏🏾

[@DrDeuteron]

He's a flat-Oumuamua-er.

[@whatdamath]

I'm getting there! thanks though

[@daieast6305]

even your question is fake as you do not really want to know!

[@apollo1573]

He will, people will find him eventually

[@nigonkouk1770]

becuzz''' all da Haterz r democrats'''''' ;|) LoL''''''''''''''''

[@panl22]

Thanks Anton. How big is this object, I wonder. 🤔 If it happens to return, and hits Earth I and fellow believers will be standing at the predicted impact site with a large banner reading, "WELCOME, we love you!" Famous last words. Lol

[@corysmith9975]

Wow this video is crisp! I love it!

[@justsmashing4628]

Surely, The aliens designed it so we’d think it wasn’t alien :)

[@bsodcat]

Thats why we built the pyramids.

[@fordism.01]

@@bsodcat no one knows how they built them . There are only theories no definitive proof of how they were actually built so accurately using primitive tools.

[@vuchaser99]

@@fordism.01 likewise... this study is a theory... backed up with solid science and logic... but a theory nonetheless. And it will remain so forever without additional observations.

[@trippybruh1592]

And the Nazca lines.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@fordism.01 Are you serious? Stop listening to Ancient Aliens, that shit is brain rot.

[@weatherstation71]

2:59 um, Hello? That's obviously the Millennium Falcon. Apparently after too many jumps to hyperspace.

[@briangiesbrecht6333]

hahaha

[@BarerMender]

I like to say that if you leave your mind sitting around open, people will throw trash in it. As Ayn Rand said, quoting loosely, your goal isn't an open mind, it's an active mind.

[@aaronmicalowe]

I appreciate you addressing the subject of ego, because it's something we rarely consider without ego getting in the way.

[@sebat7270]

Anton: “beautiful Pluto” Pluto: 🥰

[@richardsleep2045]

"Keep your mind open, but not so open that your brain falls out" lol brilliant, thanks Anton.

[@sleepycalico]

Let us keep our minds open, by all means, as long as that means keeping our sense of perspective and seeking an understanding of the forces which mould the world. But don’t keep your minds so open that your brains fall out! There are still things in this world which are true and things which are false; acts which are right and acts which are wrong, even if there are statesmen who hide their designs under the cloak of high-sounding phrases. - Walter Kotschnig November 8, 1939

[@milanstevic8424]

​@@sleepycalico aliens or not aliens, our world, as of today, is hardly the work of those whose brains didn't fall out, by all standards. I'd question the merits of whoever reigns over science since 1939, because they sure don't want to change their habits. blind skepticism has become so rampant, it's practically dogmatic. I dare anyone seek out any kind of non-prescribed explanation of reality, as if there is a central governing body deciding on what is truth, a priori. it's both funny and tragic at the same time, how nobody seems to get that the picture is inverted, and that those words got misplaced.

[@prof.heinous191]

I was going to say the same, but I thought I'd check the comments first!

[@sleepycalico]

I enjoy your response, but I don't entirely understand it. I googled Walter Kotschnig and saw that he was a Foreign Service officer who was present at the formation of the United Nations and who went on to represent the United States at conferences worldwide for more than a quarter century. So, as that is the lead info from his obituary, I'm going to guess he wasn't also a scientist. The scientist who said that (most recently) is Anton. But I think it's a perfectly sensible thing to say, no matter who is saying it, in whatever field, at any time in our history. The state of our world today actually *might* be partly attributable to people whose brains didn't fall out. lol But I take your point. Thanks for your wonderful response, wonderful person.

[@sleepycalico]

@@milanstevic8424 Oh, on further thought, I think I know where this went weird. I was just quoting the original usage of the expression.

[@gerrykeane7331]

Thanks for emphasizing how good science is done.

[@DT-lr2bi]

Thanks for keeping us informed

[@beerkenstein]

Scientists: It was alien technology. People: YAY! Scientists: Actually it was a chunk of ice. People: AWWWW.....

[@jorgepeterbarton]

Journalists: COULD ALIENS USE ICE TECHNOLOGY INSTEAD OF METAL AND SILICON CHIPS?

[@bearcubdaycare]

Or, the other way around, at least for those who think like Hawking on the matter.

[@dananorth895]

I want one!

[@awwwkwaard3988]

Clearly didn't watch the video or how Anton talked about it if that's what you got from this video.

[@bigimskiweisenheimer8325]

"It may be ugly, but its the fastest rock in this sectar"

[@simonmultiverse6349]

Not only that, it's the ship that made the Kessel run in under twelve parsecs!

[@3zzzTyle]

"You may not like it, but this is what peak asteroid looks like"

[@simonmultiverse6349]

@@3zzzTyle Wait until LSST is in operation in a few months. More formally known as the Vera C. Rubin observatory, from a mountain top in Chile, it will scan the skies continually and find all sorts of previously-unknown faint, slow-moving objects. Suddenly we'll see lots of interstellar visitors, maybe Planet 9 (if it exists), more stuff in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, etc. Minds will be blown.

[@dananorth895]

I want one!

[@shakilsayed490]

Imo it's a beautiful object. Far from ugly

[@markhuebner7580]

Thanks Anton! Very illuminating perspective on the Solar system as well as Oumeamea!

[@FlamingRobzilla]

I don't think I really appreciated your sense of humor before, but I do now. We've basically gone from it being a giant space turd to a raw Texas sized T-Bone steak, hold the onions. What's really funny though is the way you approach the possibility of alien life. I can see the balance between having fun and being a bit more skeptical, but the graphics you used were so incongruent to the words you used was absurd in the best sense of the word. I laughed so hard. Thanks for that.

[@LiamRappaport]

It always reminded me of the book Rendezvous with Rama, so my hope is still that it’s aliens.

[@generalhypocrisy1876]

Of course you hope it’s aliens, we all do, but what you probably meant is that you still think that it’s aliens. I can tell you that it’s not, even if it was it would be so unlikely that it would be hilariously funny. Use logical basis for your understanding else you will loose in life. It’s like chess

[@ozzylepunknown551]

@@generalhypocrisy1876 life is a game we cannot win, mortality

[@generalhypocrisy1876]

It’s a funny game I must say, I like games but I’m also very good at them. So much to learn from so much simplicity, but it is indeed the devils game

[@doughuff1896]

@@generalhypocrisy1876 I'm not saying its aliens. But, you can't say for certain that its not aliens. Unless you have a really fast space ship no one knows about.

[@generalhypocrisy1876]

Nothing is certain in science, the word certainty is probably the most human word there is because it’s simply just a word to get a point across. I’m certain on something is the same as saying that I believe in something in my world, I hope that makes sense since we could be living in different realities according to that

[@DreamsCatcher101]

"Keep your mind open, but not so open that your brain falls out" Got to admit i'm using that from now on.

[@luke_fabis]

That was originally a Richard Dawkins quote if I’m not mistaken.

[@keekstar2914]

Not ....

[@KOKOAXXXable]

😂 ditto

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

So that’s what I should do

[@Hei1Bao4]

I think that one's been ruined for me, having first heard it in a church as a kid.

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

Maps of the bottom of the sea show 5km wide pixels. Ego scientist: "Hey, I found a lighter one, must be the Titanic"

[@wishgodgirl1903]

I love you, Anton. You explain things so wonderfully for us every day people to understand.

[@Forgotten_Boy]

He sounds like Dracula telling the weather! 😂🎉

[@diGritz1]

This Just In: Recently discovered fossilized Millennium Falcon seems to confirm Star Wars did in fact happen a long long time ago.

[@jarvissystems4334]

In a galaxy far far away

[@TH3MIN3R3000]

@@jarvissystems4334 Yes.

[@aldoushuxley5953]

@@jarvissystems4334 Baltic Sea Anomaly ;)

[@disht2]

In a galaxy right here.....

[@paulkielty3800]

Damn you beat me to it .

[@Rocksolid1613]

"PROBABLY" doesn't fit in that sentence. We finally know that we don't know what Oumuamua was.

[@ronin4713]

Judging by the thumbnail, I'd say it's a sirloin steak shaped like the Millennial Falcon

[@papanam4267]

“Persistence; never stop exploring.” - Wise words!

[@TCizauskas]

"Keep your mind open but not so open that your brain falls out." LOL

[@TheHighlanderprime]

Says the narrow-minded skeptic.

[@TCizauskas]

@@TheHighlanderprime Which is not Mr. Petrov. Your point?

[@whysoserious7014]

So my mind is my skull. I became to open minded my brain fell out of my skull. I was wondering where that noodlely stuff fell from. Now I know, my mind.

[@TheHighlanderprime]

@@TCizauskas I responded to one silly pseudo-skeptic misnomer-fallacy (brains falling out) against an open mind … That was my point.

[@TheHighlanderprime]

@@whysoserious7014 Minds grow ... As brains don’t ever fall out as a result... Only close-minded control freaks use the “brains falling out” analogy.

[@synystera]

"Finally know" and "Probably" shouldn't exist in the same sentence.

[@u.v.s.5583]

It was probably definitely not aliens for sure!

[@Aaron-oe8xw]

Agreed, its one or the other.

[@firstlast-fr1le]

@@Aaron-oe8xw In most ways i agree with you guys but on the other hand, Finally know and possibly are not entirely exclusive. When A person is trying to learn something (look at code breaking) trying one thought over another is how to determine if that thought might be valid or is not valid. Basically it is part of the learning process.

[@BigDsGaming2022]

but they can so the english language suks LOL

[@Pubrick]

Anton seemed kinda pissed off in this video, he "probably" wanted to put an end to the alien theory as much as possible. Methinks he doth protest too much.

[@WalterHildahl]

Thankyou for this informative video. I kind of like the idea of a space cigar from another solar system.

[@djordjedebeljacki5294]

What it 'probably was' we knew all along, what it :really is' is what we never knew.

[@jackmenendez4519]

"We probably know what it was We know what it probably was We think we know what it was We think we know what it probably was We think we probably know what it was We probably think we know what it probably was." You might want to ask NASA if they're hiring.

[@bravadita]

tbh the only thing thats going to tell us the truth is Project Lyra

[@darrenwoolley51]

Maybe they could probably be sort of almost possibly be onto something like, Totally right... Or nearly.!! 😀

[@jackmenendez4519]

@@darrenwoolley51 I think you're probably right In fact, I know you're probably right I think

[@TheManicDishwasher]

Anton: "It more likely disc-shaped" [alien theory intensifies]

[@minarchist1776]

It's the Millennium Falcon! :-)

[@eriks.uperpatriot5817]

@@minarchist1776 🤣 That’s what it looked like to me too!

[@paavobergmann4920]

@@minarchist1776 the Millenium Falcon lies at the bottom of the Baltic Sea....

[@Alondro77]

@@minarchist1776 "IT'S THE MILLENNIUM FALCON!! I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW IT!!!" XD

[@PropaneWP]

Flying saucer, confirmed!

[@CChissel]

I was listening to this on the radio today, very cool

[@bunnykittycat]

....'keep your mind open, but not so open so your brains fall out"....I love it! Brilliant, informative video

[@AlfredoAyalaD]

"we finally know what it might probably have been with uncertainty"

[@Edbrad]

😂

[@cedriceric9730]

😂

[@charliemoody7168]

“A guess”, IOW….

[@illarionbykov7401]

exactly

[@orsonincharge4879]

finally probably definitely maybe ... possibly .

[@wilsonmpesha904]

This sounds like having the answer to a math problem and trying to create a formula to show how you got it.

[@bradgregory6995]

That's still better than "What's your answer?" "Aliens." And how did you arrive at that answer?" "Also aliens."

[@impact0r]

This is how logic works.

[@gobblegobble239]

Right? Its trade these assumptions that you have for these assumptions we have is basically what just happened lmao

[@wilsonmpesha904]

@@impact0r It doesn't make it exempt from fallacy.

[@impact0r]

@@wilsonmpesha904 Elaborate, please.

[@KubilayErtuna]

I keep my mind open but my legs crossed.

[@buca512boxer]

Good introduction, and well said all throughout, some "scientists" behave like rock musicians instead of real scientists, totally correct.

[@therealanyaku]

"It was definitely..."...Not! Given how thin the data we have on Oumuamua really is (It was never more than a single pixel on any detector, and we only have a color, not a spectrum) all we have is a light curve and a trajectory, too small to resolve. We need to live with that frightening label, "Unknown".

[@xlilxillx]

exactly. i can't stand all this haughty cosmological conjecture masquerading as certainty. it's not science by any stretch of the imagination, simply more untestable conjecture based hypothesis

[@_nebulousthoughts]

Exactly!

[@mitseraffej5812]

I thought radar data was obtained about Oumuamua.

[@therealanyaku]

@@mitseraffej5812 If you can find any meaningful radar observations, please let me know. The only radar comment I found via google is that "Canadian meteor radar " observed no signal.

[@mitseraffej5812]

@@therealanyaku I was most likely mistaken. I thought that I heard something about it.

[@edkoetsier339]

"It was definitely a chunk of dwarf planet" It was NOT definitely a chunk of anything. It might have been a number of things.

[@RWin-fp5jn]

Indeed. This is a very very unscientific thing to say. An ice chunck chipped off a Pluto like impact??? And Anton know for sure this is it? Come on. First of all: great that the community finale catches on that Pluto collided with charon causing sputnik planitium impact zone and the red dot on charon and its equatorial crumble zone. But to suggest Oumumua is pure ICE??? Come on aton use your brain. Pure ICE is Never observed, and would never survive the extreme structural stress around the sun, just look at interstellar comet borisov desintegrate on aless tressfull trajectory. Moreover , spitzer st would have notice nitrogin evaporating. In all: a crappy chunck of science Anton!

[@edkoetsier339]

@WonderDrugEchinacea Yes. And the straw clutching has been intense. I have read the paper. We have never seen free frozen nitrogen in space. Free frozen nitrogen, if it could exist, would be very short lived. The trajectory of Oumoamua and it's speed tell us it's ancient. I cannot believe this hypothesis.

[@DavidKnowles0]

An what ever it was it very very weird and like nothing we have seen before or since. An there not enough data to confirm any solution to the problems.

[@DavidKnowles0]

@@RWin-fp5jn spitzer is our best source of data for this object and yet it detected nothing which match any comet or asteroid, which is extremely strange .

[@DavidKnowles0]

@WonderDrugEchinacea People are making assumption to try an fit a tiny slither of data An they desperately looking for a natural solution to that slither data, so far all of their solutions however doesn't make much sense.

[@ChimpFromSpace]

Would it be possible to calculate approximately which star system it came from? Although to do that you would probably need to know the object's original size.

[@pyotrberia9741]

That was a very clear and concise explanation.

[@rachelbrinkley3240]

Oumuamua is just a typical Galactic federation interstellar probe investigating a search for intelligent life. After coming through our Solar System and seeing none it promptly left again!

[@shawnmassicotte861]

Lol

[@Alex_Rosefur]

😹😹😹

[@BillPalmer]

Obviously

[@bigbootros4362]

It mist Anton

[@beatbox20fmj]

Sticking with it's the Millennium Falcon out of fuel after a Kessel run.

[@dg-vg9di]

Yea, I think so as well. It happened long long ago in a Galaxie far far away.

[@xzysyndrome]

I have a rock I found deep on a hike up a creek valley that looks a lot like Oumuamua. I was so attracted to its unusual shape...I damn near broke my ankles heaving it out of the creek and back down to my truck on my shoulder. It weighs about 60 lbs...and now sits in my Garden. I love it.

[@DukeStallion]

This new explanation still seems a bit of a reach to me, and is also in the realm of speculation. We still don't know for sure what it was, and will have to be ok with possibly never knowing. Therefore, we can continue to speculate and have fun with it.

[@patrickjenkins6383]

"As someone once said, keep your mind open but not so open that your brain falls out"...…This young man represents a level of 'NERD' that for me, never gets old ! 🤣

[@k98killer]

It's very important to think squarely inside the box, else the old maxim that science advances one funeral at a time will no longer be valid.

[@Jr-qo4ls]

That is a Richard Dawkins quote.

[@draquangiiza9084]

@@k98killer 😂 well done

[@asdf3568]

I never thought this was an alien spaceship. But I do applaud scientists for having an open mind. Because scientists normally don't. And I think that's way more important than worrying what morons think.

[@romanholder5621]

Personally, I thought Loeb did a fantastic job of not jumping to a conclusion, but simply provided data and his hopeful claim of what it might be-any inflation came from the media, from what I have seen.

[@will2see]

Exactly! From media and from idiots like Anton.

[@thehonestdoctor3590]

💯 I agree

[@Bitchslapper316]

He did. The sad thing is this video kinda proved his point.

[@JohnICGomes]

Agree. Loeb didn’t conclude anything. He was asking for an open mind and to consider alternate hypotheses. To be honest that’s how Galileo (and so many other outstanding scientists who were eventually correct) also approached science. I found the intro of this video to be idiotic.

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@JohnICGomes The into was beyond idiotic. I like some of the content Anton makes but he should just present the paper and it's contents for what they are instead of trying to present his opinions on the paper as fact. This paper is presenting a vague hypothesis that hasn't even been peer reviewed yet and Anton is presenting it as some kind of solid scientific evidence. He also attempted to bash the hard work of other scientists in the intro for no apparent reason. Honestly it's disappointing.

[@ELXABER]

Thanks, Anton. Wouldn't mind hearing about next year's comet. ☄

[@proteusnz99]

Thank you. Good presentation

[@Strype13]

Anton: "Dear Dr. Avi Loeb..."

[@acosmicstoic9276]

Ah, the comment I was looking for.

[@ematthew71]

Kind of an ugly letter.

[@zombicatproductions]

Come on Anton... admit it. It looks just like the Millenium Falcon. Unless you believe in flying pancakes...

[@anthonylangzettel4936]

Funny stuff! 👍🏼

[@zombicatproductions]

@@anthonylangzettel4936 Thanks mate. I AM trying my hardest. We NEED a good laugh at times like these. Please subscribe to my channel for LOTS of CRAZY!

[@DrWhom]

there was an airplane called just that

[@JpKilla007]

I love this channel 🙏🏼

[@jean-lucpicard4467]

Fascinating. Seems logical Lt. Anton.

[@reinux]

People would probably stop believing weird things if they made the real answer as interesting as Anton does.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Excellent point!

[@dexro2005]

maybe but they will definitely not stop labeling weird things as such based on their dogmatic views

[@dbsti3006]

Anton seems like a genuinely friendly guy. Even if he makes mistakes, I'd find it hard to criticize him.

[@grimdolo918]

Anton's deffo one of those people I would like to have a beer with.

[@christopherlewis1847]

When he makes a mistake, he corrects himself. Quite respectable.

[@dbsti3006]

@@grimdolo918 Beer and space? I'm down with that.

[@scottballinger40]

But you couldnt resist criticizing him even though you find it hard. I'm sure you never make mistakes. Please share with everyone how you've managed to always be right? Pretty bold and to call anyone out when it comes to making mistakes. Your a coward, and that's no mistake.

[@JDKing-yg1ii]

That comment is condescending sir.

[@gavinoaw]

"Keep your mind open, but not so open that your brain falls out" I need that on a t-shirt!! xD

[@winstonvpeloso]

i love how one single rock can move just a little bit weirdly and everyone goes completely nuts