Oumuamua: From Beyond the Stars

Go to https://curiositystream.thld.co/geographicsfeb for unlimited access to the world’s top documentaries and non­fiction series. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ This video is #sponsored by Curiosity Stream. Source/Further reading: NASA: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/oumuamua/in-depth/ Astronomy, a history of ‘Oumuamua: https://astronomy.com/magazine/2020/02/our-first-interstellar-visitor Rob Weryk interview: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/interstellar-space-rock/546371/ Scientific American, Mystery of Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Gets Trickier: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mystery-of-interstellar-visitor-oumuamua-gets-trickier/ Scientific American, article from Avi Loeb: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lets-search-for-alien-probes-not-just-alien-signals/ Smithsonian, a natural origin for ‘Oumuamua: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-suggest-new-origin-story-oumuamua-our-solar-systems-first-interstellar-visitor-180974667/ ‘Oumuamua as a product of gravitational tides: https://astronomynow.com/2020/04/14/oumuamua-was-a-unique-object-now-astronomers-think-there-could-be-trillions-just-like-it/ Hydrogen Iceberg theory: https://www.wired.com/story/oumuamua-might-be-a-giant-interstellar-hydrogen-iceberg/ Rebuttal to the iceberg theory: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2020-18 Starshot and LightSail: https://phys.org/news/2020-05-interstellar-probes-starshot.html 2019 test of the technology: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/science/lightsail-solar-sail.html 2020 SO: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-data-confirm-2020-so-to-be-the-upper-centaur-rocket-booster-from-the-1960-s