One thing in space is currently upsetting scientists. If their calculations are correct, an artificial flying object from another galaxy could have crossed our solar system.
BILD explains how the researchers came to the conclusion that an unknown species could send us a search satellite.
The excitement began on October 19, 2017: a telescope discovered an object in the space between the earth and the sun. First thought: it's an asteroid or a comet. As a result, the thing has received the scientific name A / 2017 U1 or C / 2017 U1.
Several giant telescopes, particularly in the US states of Virginia, California and Hawaii, have pursued the object. The longer the researchers looked at him, the more mysterious he became.
▶ ︎ He did not behave like a comet – the tail was gone. And not like an asteroid – the trajectory was not suitable. According to his flight itinerary, the object had to come from the depths of space.
The researchers finally decided: it is an interstellar object; they gave him the name "Oumuamua", Hawaiian for the scouts. Then, researchers at the American Harvard University calculated what Oumuamua might be. As often as they calculated it, Oumuamua was too light to be made of stone or star dust.
"It could be an umbrella"
Shmuel Bialy and Abraham Loeb of the Smithonian Astrophysics Center at Harvard say, "This could be an artificial canopy."
▶ The researchers are not extraterrestrials! Loeb is working on a space project initiated by astrophysicist Stephen Hawking († 2018). Scientists are of the opinion that Oumuamua could also be "a complete research satellite deliberately sent to the vicinity of the Earth by a foreign civilization".
The discoveries of the researchers would be incorporated into a lightweight research satellite built to travel between galaxies. Researchers believe this is possible: "Veils of similar dimensions have also designed and built our civilization."
Oumuamua has flown since, no telescope can no longer approach the object. Has a foreign species visited us? Researchers are waiting for other similar flying objects.