{"id":22952,"date":"2021-01-06T00:29:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/harvard-science-professor-believes-interstellar-object-oumuamua-was-alien-tech-not-rogue-comet\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T00:29:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T16:29:44","slug":"harvard-science-professor-believes-interstellar-object-oumuamua-was-alien-tech-not-rogue-comet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/harvard-science-professor-believes-interstellar-object-oumuamua-was-alien-tech-not-rogue-comet\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard science professor believes interstellar object Oumuamua was alien tech, not rogue comet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1280\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"9630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2021\/01\/04\/harvard-science-professor-believes-interstellar-object-oumuamua-was-alien-technology-not-a-rogue-comet\/oumuamua\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"1280,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Oumuamua\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our solar system was visited by its first known interstellar object called Oumuamua in 2017. Astronomers observed and collected data on the strange object for 11 days, but the scientific community can\u2019t seem to agree on what the object was even now. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the extraterrestrial minded, Harvard University Professor of Science Abraham \u201cAvi\u201d Loeb has presented his belief of what Oumuamua actually was\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-9619\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Loeb\u2019s upcoming book, the 59-year-old Israeli-American theoretical physicist describes his theory that Oumuamua could have originated from an alien civilization. At first glance, this theory may sound a bit farfetched, but it appears much more plausible once some of the interesting facts are presented.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oumuamua entered our solar system from Vega\u2019s direction, a star located about 25 light-years away. Things really got interesting when the object made its pass by the Sun. The object actually accelerated instead of gradually slowing down as it started moving away from the Sun. Any ordinary object passing by the Sun would speed up as it got closer, only to decelerate as it shot away from the Sun.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-9619',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there\u2019s the question of Oumuamua\u2019s extremely peculiar composition and shape, Loeb says. Many astronomers have compared its shape to that of a long and thin cigar. The issue with that is the odds of a naturally occurring comet or asteroid achieving this geometry are so low that this should throw a red flag. The same issue arises with the materials that make up Oumuamua. They were far too reflective to be a chunk of typical space rock or ice, according to Loeb.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"Site default logo image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loeb admits that his theory can be rather challenging to grasp. \u201cSome people do not want to discuss the possibility that there are other civilizations out there. They believe we are special and unique. I think it\u2019s a prejudice that should be abandoned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loeb\u2019s book also discusses his belief that more of these strange interstellar objects will almost certainly enter our solar system in the future. The only difference is that next time, we need to try much harder to gather data and photos of the object so that the truth about them can finally be revealed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enjoy-reading-space-explored\">Enjoy reading Space Explored?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our solar system was visited by its first known interstellar object called Oumuamua in 2017. Astronomers observed and collected data on the strange object for 11 days, but the scientific community can\u2019t seem to agree on what the object was even now. For the extraterrestrial minded, Harvard University Professor of Science Abraham \u201cAvi\u201d Loeb has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}