
This interstellar object was detected by the Pan-STARRS telescope in the year 2017 and it left scientists baffled with its hyperbolic orbit, indicating it came from beyond our solar system and would never return - it was just passing by and probably just watching us just like we were watching it. Learn how its unexplained acceleration expands our conventional understanding of celestial objects watching the video.
The discussion timestamps are following:
- 00:00 - Introduction: Darryl Seligman
- 02:14 - Discovery of ‘Oumuamua
- 06:04 - Interstellar objects versus comets
- 9:23 - ‘Oumuamua’s non-gravitational acceleration
- 15:02 - Is ‘Oumuamua a dark comet?
- 20:12 - What the Vera Rubin Observatory will do
- 22:15 - Dark comets in our solar system
- 28:17 - Where did water on earth come from?
- 32:30 - The future of interstellar object discovery
- 35:30 - A cosmic perspective