01-04-2018, 08:19 AM
Update on Oumuamua (discovered by Pan-STARRS 1 on Haleakala):
An astrophysicist believes he has pinpointed the origin of Oumaamua, a distant system known as the “Pleiades moving group” of young stars:
https://theconversation.com/how-i-discov...amua-89577
The part I found most exciting was what this discovery of an interstellar object passing through our solar system might mean for the future:
Oumuamua is probably just the tip of the iceberg. My research suggests there are likely more than 46m similar interstellar objects crossing the solar system every year. Most of them will be too far away for us to see with our current telescopes. But new telescopes and surveys should soon be able to find these interstellar messengers, which may be sending us important information about how stars and planets formed.
"This is an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water.” - President Donald J. Trump
An astrophysicist believes he has pinpointed the origin of Oumaamua, a distant system known as the “Pleiades moving group” of young stars:
https://theconversation.com/how-i-discov...amua-89577
The part I found most exciting was what this discovery of an interstellar object passing through our solar system might mean for the future:
Oumuamua is probably just the tip of the iceberg. My research suggests there are likely more than 46m similar interstellar objects crossing the solar system every year. Most of them will be too far away for us to see with our current telescopes. But new telescopes and surveys should soon be able to find these interstellar messengers, which may be sending us important information about how stars and planets formed.
"This is an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water.” - President Donald J. Trump
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