Interstellar Asteroid – Fusion Nepal

Remember the interstellar asteroid that zipped through our solar system last year? It likely came from a very alien place.

According to a new study, the asteroid, named ‘Oumuamua, probably came from a solar system with two stars.

(Perhaps the best analog for this kind of binary system is actually in fiction. In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine orbits two stars, or suns. A star is a “sun” if it’s the center of a planetary system.)

Researchers have some good reasons for thinking that ‘Oumuamua — which clocks in at an impressive 1,312 feet long — came to our solar system by way of a binary system. Read more…

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Well, it should come as no surprise, but the interstellar asteroid astronomers discovered in October doesn’t appear to be a piece of alien technology.

According to initial observations made by a radio telescope on Wednesday, the asteroid, named ‘Oumuamua, doesn’t appear to have any obvious “artificial signals” coming from it.

But the hunt isn’t over yet.

Researchers still have to comb through a fair bit of the data gathered by the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to see if there might be some sign of alien technology to be found. However, it’s not exactly looking promising. Read more…

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