In 2017, a cigar-shaped object named 'Oumuamua drifted in from another solar system. Some people think it was a flying saucer, others are planning missions to land on it, and all the while, the "object" itself is just drifting further away. Here's the untold truth of the interstellar object known as 'Oumuamua. When 'Oumuamua was discovered in October of 2017, its unusual shape led to it being commonly referred to as a "space cigar" - which probably got a lot of cigar fans excited until they realized they couldn't light it up, much less puff on it. C'mon, guys.
Anyhow, the reason that the sighting of this space cigar mattered is because it marked the very first time that a verified "interstellar object" from outside the solar system had ever been discovered.
Now, in a sci-fi movie, foreboding music would play as brain-eating arachnids swarmed out from its surface, but in real life, the scientific community just got jazzed about how weird this thing was. The experts found it odd enough that 'Oumuamua, which is about the size and shape of the Empire State Building, had no "coma" - AKA the cloud of dust and gas that buzzes around comets as they near the sun. Add in the surfboard shape, reddish hue, and the potential for frozen water inside it, and you end up with a landmark discovery that, to this day, people are still scratching their heads over.
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Space cigar | 0:20
Rendezvous with 'Oumuamua | 1:16
What is that thing?! | 1:59
It's gotta be aliens, right? | 2:50
Where did it come from ? | 4:13
Project Lyra | 4:58
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