Astronomers Discover First Interstellar Object

Astronomers recently discovered a bizarre-looking object in our solar system that's unlike anything they've ever seen before. It's so peculiar that astronomers think it's not even from our solar system. They've dubbed this mysterious interstellar asteroid "Oumuamua."

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This asteroid is not from around here. Turns out, it came from another star system. This is the first time humanity has observed an interstellar object.

Astronomers discovered it on Oct. 19. At first, they thought it was a comet. But its orbit was unlike anything ever seen before, and it was traveling at unusually high speeds: 85,700 mph.

So, astronomers reclassified the object as an interstellar asteroid. Asteroids in our solar system are usually round and lumpy. But this object probably looks more like a giant cigar. Observations suggest it's about a quarter mile long. Right now, it's about 124 million miles from Earth.

Over the next 2 years, it will pass by Jupiter and Saturn's orbits. Astronomers predict it will leave our solar system in Jan. 2019. Making its way into deep space toward the constellation Pegasus.

It may be the first interstellar visitor, but the bigger question is: Will it be the last?

[NotAMathGuy]

flat earthers be like: OMG THATS ANOTHER PLANET

[pepbean]

I like how they put a cigar watermark as if we don't know what the shape of a cigar is

[wekekity]

yep there's a giant alien smoking rock blunts out there

[nikhildavies]

Put a satellite on the object and let it take us to different places

[TheRinzler]

Why don’t we just put a probe on it? Take samples and explore the galaxy

[Extraordinarys]

What’s the name of the background soundtrack?

[refinedish]

Can anyone tell me the name of the track used in this video?

[joshderoche]

It's hard to comprehend the master minds that are known as astronomers, they are so intelligent and are dealing with the most confusing thing ever "space" and yet studying it and making conclusions is so easy to them

[Extraordinarys]

The background music makes this video even more enigmatic and awesome! Well, so it’s Oumuamua.

[viralityfactor]

This happens when you sent a all planetary message "Parents not home, come over"

[TheNuttyStrongman]

Anybody know the soundtrack used for this video?

[Extraordinarys]

Oumuamua (the asteroid): Hmm, looks like a good place to stay! Lemme explore this solar system.
**sees Earth**
Oumuamua: Such a beautiful planet. Lemme zoom in to see if any lifeforms exist.
**zooms and sees humans dabbing for no reason and playing with fidget spinners**
Oumuamua: huh? What?! I’m leaving this place.
**heads towards the constellation Pegasus**

[googleprofile]

Why not use this opportunity to plant some humanity "things" and put in some of our basic information? Use it as a free transportation tool in case any other intelligent beings find it?
For example, which galaxy we're in, the position relative to other galaxies, where planet earth is relative to others, etc etc.

[Dantick]

We should totally catch it and mine it, make interstellar fridge magnets

[dana]

im confused. sorry if this sounds dumb, but i understand everything in space is spherical because of gravity forming it to be a ball. but couldn't an object have crashed into something and caused this asteroid to be a weird shape? and because it hasn't been trapped in any object's gravity, it's still a cigar shape....

[mukul]

resembles more like an overcooked baguette

[VortexVortex]

Its sick how it looks like a star wars space ship

[brandonhower]

Goodbye forever Interstellar Object, you'll never be seen again or recognized.

[wellthatwaseasy]

Before i do anything else, is this music separate from this vid or is it there's?

[goddess]

Let's attach a probe to it before it leaves the system