Cctv newsHuman beings have always been full of imagination about civilizations that exist outside the earth and even outside the solar system. But up to now, there is still no conclusive evidence that can be generally accepted by the scientific community to prove the existence of alien civilization. However, in October last year, NASA observed a special cigar-shaped interstellar flying object and named it Omo. In the past year, the astronomical community has been tracking and observing Omo Mo. Recently, the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics of Harvard University published a paper saying that Omo Mo is probably an "earth probe" from an alien civilization and an alien visitor that people have long imagined.
On October 19, 2017, it was the Pan-Star Project No.1 telescope in Hawaii that first discovered this mysterious object that suddenly flew over the solar system. This is the first time astronomers have observed interstellar matter visiting the solar system.
However, Omo Mo came and went in a hurry, only giving the telescope on the earth a short observation time of two weeks, and the Hubble telescope in space only had three months to observe it.
However, according to the data obtained, astronomers have been able to draw a general picture of Omo. By measuring the maximum and minimum brightness, astronomers speculate that Omo is about 800 meters long and only about 80 meters wide, and looks like a huge cigar. Previously, in the solar system, astronomers have never found a celestial body with a ratio of more than 3: 1.
Astronomers also found that Omo Mo has a flat hyperbolic orbit and flies very fast, crossing the solar system at a speed of 38.3 kilometers per second.
[Omo Mo’s Space Fantasy Drifting] Comet? Planets? Starcraft?
So, how do you define Omo Mo? Is it a comet, an asteroid, or is it really a star-rated aircraft sent by alien civilization? Scientists do not agree on this.
Some people think it should be an aperiodic comet. However, opponents point out that it doesn’t release gas like a comet. The outgassing process usually occurs when sunlight heats the surface of a small celestial body, which will cause the celestial body to eject plume gas and make it behave like a rocket accelerator. Exhalation is a typical feature of comets, but Omo does not have this feature, nor does it have coma, which is a cloud coating composed of gas and dust produced by comet nucleus.
Therefore, the astronomical community only vaguely calls it "interstellar matter" at present.
Recently, however, one of the boldest guesses has appeared.
Lebo and Bialy, two astronomers from the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University, published a paper in the latest issue of Astrophysics Journal Communication, saying that Omo was probably sent by an alien civilization and was an interstellar spacecraft that deliberately entered the solar system to observe the Earth.
Lebo and Bialy believe that Omo is likely to be an alien "light sail aircraft", a high-tech spacecraft powered by solar radiation, based on its extremely fast flight speed and even acceleration. This idea is not groundless, because at present, some scientists are developing this kind of light sail aircraft on the earth, trying to use it for future space exploration, but this research and development is still in its infancy.
However, this bold idea has aroused doubts.
There is a research group specializing in Omo Mo at Queen’s University in Belfast, England. They don’t think there is an alien civilization behind Omo Mo.
Astrophysicist bannister is a member of the team. He pointed out that Omo’s shape is really unusual, but its color is very similar to that of other celestial bodies on the edge of the solar system.
Omo Mo’s surface is very dark, but it has a reddish hue, which absorbs about 96% of the light. The researchers analyzed that this color should be caused by the bombardment of interstellar space cosmic rays for hundreds of millions of years.
[Omo Momo’s Fantasy Drifting in Space] Nature Paper: Omo Momo is actually a big ice cube.
On December 18th last year, bannister and his colleagues published a paper in Nature, pointing out that Omo is actually a big ice cube, and its shell is covered with a thick layer of carbon. As for Omo Momo’s special sports mode, they noticed that Omo Momo moved forward in a way similar to "somersault".
Today, Omo Mo continues its fantasy drifting in space.
It crossed Jupiter’s orbit in May 2018, and is expected to cross Saturn’s orbit in January 2019 and Neptune’s orbit in 2022, and eventually it will fly away from the solar system in the direction of Pegasus.
Astronomers are expecting more interstellar visitors like Omo Mo to bring more information about the universe.
