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re: The Alien Probe From Star Trek IV actuallY exists and has entered our solar system
Posted on 11/2/18 at 10:30 pm to theunknownknight
Posted on 11/2/18 at 10:30 pm to theunknownknight
If you zoom in you can see a samquamch riding on it too
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Posted on 11/2/18 at 10:31 pm to eScott
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Goa'uld sent it to destroy the earth disguised as a natural disaster.
Col. O'Neill needs to talk to Thor and come up with a plan.
Posted on 11/2/18 at 11:34 pm to theunknownknight
It was Rama, and it will return.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 12:00 am to Spock's Eyebrow
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Could be Rama.
They come in threes.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 12:02 am to theunknownknight
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Now one study claims it could actually be a solar sail sent by aliens
I miss Art Bell.
Posted on 11/3/18 at 12:13 am to theunknownknight
Dude it depends on what aliens. There are only two groups we are really worried about, this isn’t them.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:45 am to theunknownknight
Even the fake new outlets are taking notice:
FNN/CNN
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Paper:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf
30 standard deviation units...
FNN/CNN
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Cigar-shaped interstellar object may have been an alien probe, Harvard paper claims By Steve George, CNN Updated 2:01 AM ET, Tue November 6, 2018
A mysterious cigar-shaped object spotted tumbling through our solar system last year may have been an alien spacecraft sent to investigate Earth, astronomers from Harvard University have suggested. The object, nicknamed 'Oumuamua, meaning "a messenger that reaches out from the distant past" in Hawaiian, was first discovered in October 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii. Since its discovery, scientists have been at odds to explain its unusual features and precise origins, with researchers first calling it a comet and then an asteroid, before finally deeming it the first of its kind: a new class of "interstellar objects." Now, a new paper by researchers at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics raises the possibility that the elongated dark-red object, which is 10 times as long as it is wide and traveling at speeds of 196,000 mph, might have an "artificial origin."
"'Oumuamua may be a fully operational probe sent intentionally to Earth vicinity by an alien civilization," they wrote in the paper, which has been submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters. Considering an artificial origin, one possibility is that 'Oumuamua is a light sail, floating in interstellar space as a debris from an advanced technological equipment," wrote the paper's authors, suggesting that the object could be propelled by solar radiation
In the paper, the pair theorize that the object's high speed and its unusual trajectory could be the result of it no longer being operational. Oumuamua, the first observed interstellar visitor to our solar system "This would account for the various anomalies of 'Oumuamua, such as the unusual geometry inferred from its light-curve, its low thermal emission, suggesting high reflectivity, and its deviation from a Keplerian orbit without any sign of a cometary tail or spin-up torques." 'Oumuamua is the first object ever seen in our solar system that is known to have originated elsewhere. At first, astronomers thought the rapidly moving faint light was a regular comet or an asteroid that had originated in our solar system. Comets, in particular, are known to speed-up due to a process known as "outgassing," in which the sun heats up the surface of the icy comet, releasing melted gas. But 'Oumuamua didn't have a "coma," the atmosphere and dust that surrounds comets as they melt.
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Paper:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf
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COULD SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE EXPLAIN ‘OUMUAMUA’S PECULIAR ACCELERATION? SHMUEL BIALY AND ABRAHAM LOEB
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden st., Cambridge, MA, 02138 Draft version November 1, 2018
ABSTRACT ‘Oumuamua (1I/2017 U1) is the first object of interstellar origin observed in the Solar System. Recently, Micheli et al. (2018) reported that ‘Oumuamua showed deviations from a Keplerian orbit at a high statistical significance. The observed trajectory is best explained by an excess radial acceleration. Such an acceleration is naturally expected for comets, driven by the evaporating material. However, recent observational and theoretical studies imply that ‘Oumuamua is not an active comet. We explore the possibility that the excess acceleration results from Solar radiation pressure. The required mass-to-area ratio is (m/A) ˜ 0.1 g cm-2 . For a thin sheet this requires a width of 0.3 - 0.9 mm. We find that although extremely thin, such an object would survive an interstellar travel over Galactic distances of 5 kpc, withstanding collisions with gas and dust-grains as well as stresses from rotation and tidal forces. We discuss the possible origins of such an object including the possibility that it might be a lightsail of artificial origin. Our general results apply to any light probes designed for interstellar travel. Subject headings: ISM: individual objects (1I/2017 U1) – minor planets, asteroids: individual (1I/2017 U1) – General: extraterrestrial intelligence – Minor planets, asteroids: gene
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Recently, Micheli et al. (2018) reported the detection of non-gravitational acceleration in the motion of ‘Oumuamua, at a statistical significance of 30s
30 standard deviation units...
Posted on 11/6/18 at 8:58 am to theunknownknight
quote:The only scene worth seeing:
Star Trek IV
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:02 am to 19
Bull crap.
That entire movie is a national treasure.
That entire movie is a national treasure.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 9:10 am to theunknownknight
Looks like the damn bugs missed their first shot. Don't give them a second chance. Service guarantees citizenship.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:22 am to BitBuster
Might be time to call Michael Bay and Gruce Willas.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:31 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Listen boys, this is a really big job. You understand? Goddamn it Trevor, Cory put your fricking hands down! There's a samsquanch on that asstertoid up there and it's gonna make us rich.
Put on these masks and I swear to God if you frick this up....
Put on these masks and I swear to God if you frick this up....
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:33 am to Adam4848
Honestly science fiction is predictive. And a theme in a lot of it is Aliens need our women.
Be ready to protect your wives and daughters when the space men come.
Be ready to protect your wives and daughters when the space men come.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:35 am to notsince98
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It belonged to an aquatic civilization
Posted on 11/6/18 at 11:45 am to theunknownknight
LMAO that article is hot garbage. There is no evidence that it is an alien probe. Even in that article they say that Oumuamua behaves similarly to how we know comets to behave.
The only people having studies concluding that it might be of alien origins are alien hunters or astronomers trying to get more funding.
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'This additional subtle force on 'Oumuamua likely is caused by jets of gaseous material expelled from its surface,' said Farnocchia.
'This same kind of outgassing affects the motion of many comets in our solar system.'
Comets normally eject large amounts of dust and gas when warmed by the Sun.
The only people having studies concluding that it might be of alien origins are alien hunters or astronomers trying to get more funding.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 12:15 pm to theunknownknight
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Star Trek IV
Stupid fricking plot. And I like Star Trek.
But come on; we can jump across the galaxy in months and they can't survive without the sun? What about back up generators?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 12:23 pm to Tempratt
Solar powered. SF Headquarters in San Francisco.
Posted on 11/6/18 at 12:25 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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Solar powered. SF Headquarters in San Francisco.
I understand that they're solar powered but wouldn't someone in that day and age think ahead?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 12:25 pm to AMS
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LMAO that article is hot garbage. There is no evidence that it is an alien probe. Even in that article they say that Oumuamua behaves similarly to how we know comets to behave.quote:
'This additional subtle force on 'Oumuamua likely is caused by jets of gaseous material expelled from its surface,' said Farnocchia.
'This same kind of outgassing affects the motion of many comets in our solar system.'
Comets normally eject large amounts of dust and gas when warmed by the Sun.
Then how come there's no coma?
Posted on 11/6/18 at 12:42 pm to MountainTiger
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Then how come there's no coma?
I'd bet that there was one, but we just couldn't or didn't detect it. Just because you fail to observe something occurring doesn't mean it didn't happen.
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“We did not see any dust, coma, or tail, which is unusual,” explains co-author Karen Meech (University of Hawaii, USA) who led the discovery team’s characterisation of `Oumuamua in 2017. “We think that ‘Oumuamua may vent unusually large, coarse dust grains.”
The team speculated that perhaps the small dust grains adorning the surface of most comets eroded during `Oumuamua’s journey through interstellar space, with only larger dust grains remaining. A cloud of these larger particles would not be bright enough to be detected by Hubble.
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