{"id":3929,"date":"2021-02-07T15:02:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T15:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2021-02-07T15:02:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T15:02:37","slug":"did-an-alien-vessel-pay-humans-a-visit-a-harvard-astronomer-thinks-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/07\/did-an-alien-vessel-pay-humans-a-visit-a-harvard-astronomer-thinks-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Did an alien vessel pay humans a visit? A Harvard astronomer thinks so"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discovering there\u2019s intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history &#8212; but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence suggesting it already happened?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3931\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Did-an-alien-vessel-pay-humans-a-visit-A-Harvard-astronomer-thinks-so-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg\" alt=\"Did-an-alien-vessel-pay-humans-a-visit-A-Harvard-astronomer-thinks-so-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Did-an-alien-vessel-pay-humans-a-visit-A-Harvard-astronomer-thinks-so-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews.jpg 700w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Did-an-alien-vessel-pay-humans-a-visit-A-Harvard-astronomer-thinks-so-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapidnews-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the premise of a new book by a top astronomer, who argues that the simplest and best explanation for the highly unusual characteristics of an interstellar object that sped through our solar system in 2017 is that it was alien technology.<\/p>\n<p>Sound kooky? Avi Loeb says the evidence holds otherwise, and is convinced his peers in the scientific community are so consumed by groupthink they\u2019re unwilling to wield Occam\u2019s razor.<\/p>\n<p>Loeb\u2019s stellar credentials &#8212; he was the longest-serving chair of astronomy at Harvard, has published hundreds of pioneering papers, and has collaborated with greats like the late Stephen Hawking &#8212; make him difficult to dismiss outright.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Was \u2018Oumuamua a rock or an alien scout? Harvard astronomer talks controversial hypothesis in new book <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I239QuGBWM\">https:\/\/t.co\/I239QuGBWM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gareth L Powell (@garethlpowell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garethlpowell\/status\/1358006735886237696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8220;Thinking that we are unique and special and privileged is arrogant,&#8221; he told AFP in a video call.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The correct approach is to be modest and say: \u2018We\u2019re nothing special, there are lots of other cultures out there, and we just need to find them.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Loeb, 58, lays out the argument for the alien origins of the object named \u2018Oumuamua &#8212; &#8220;scout&#8221; in Hawaiian &#8212; in &#8220;Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The facts are as follows.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2017, astronomers observed an object moving so quickly, it could only have come from another star &#8212; the first recorded interstellar interloper.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t seem to be an ordinary rock, because after slingshotting around the Sun, it sped up and deviated from the expected trajectory, propelled by a mysterious force.<\/p>\n<p>This could be easily explained if it was a comet expelling gas and debris &#8212; but there was no visible evidence of this &#8220;outgassing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The traveler also tumbled in a strange way &#8212; as inferred by how it got brighter and dimmer in scientists\u2019 telescopes, and it was unusually luminous, possibly suggesting it was made from a bright metal.<\/p>\n<p>In order to explain what happened, astronomers had to come up with novel theories, such as that it was made of hydrogen ice and would therefore not have visible trails, or that it disintegrated into a dust cloud. &#8220;These ideas that came to explain specific properties of \u2018Oumuamua always involve something that we have never seen before,&#8221; said Loeb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If that\u2019s the direction we are taking, then why not contemplate an artificial origin?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Oumuamua was never photographed close-up during its brief sojourn &#8212; we only learned of its existence once it was already on its way out of our solar system.<\/p>\n<p>There are two shapes that fit the peculiarities observed &#8212; long and thin like a cigar, or flat and round like a pancake, almost razor thin.<\/p>\n<p>Loeb says simulations favor the latter, and believes the object was deliberately crafted as a light sail propelled by stellar radiation.<\/p>\n<p>Another oddity was the way the object moved &#8212; compounding the strangeness of its passage.<\/p>\n<p>Before encountering our Sun, \u2018Oumuamua was &#8220;at rest&#8221; relative to nearby stars &#8212; statistically very rare. 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