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Related: About this forumRadio search finds no artificial emissions from 'Oumuamua (earthsky.org)
By Eleanor Imster in Space | December 7, 2018
In late 2017, astronomers became aware of an interloper in our solar system, a small asteroid- or comet-like object from another star system. Interstellar objects had been expected, but the object subsequently named Oumuamua was the first ever confirmed But what is Oumuamua? Scientists and others immediately began speculating and devising theories. An asteroid, a comet or could it be an alien artifact?
Scientists at the SETI Institute used the Allen Telescope Array to observe Oumuamua when it was about 170 million miles (274 million km) away, or slightly less than the diameter of Earths orbit. Their intention was to measure artificial radio transmissions which, if found, would be strong evidence that this object is not simply a rock tossed into space by a random gravitational slingshot interaction that occurred in its home star system.
Gerry Harp is lead author of a paper to be published in the February 2019 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Acta Astronautica. Harp said in a statement:
We were looking for a signal that would prove that this object incorporates some technology that it was of artificial origin. We didnt find any such emissions, despite a quite sensitive search. While our observations dont conclusively rule out a non-natural origin for Oumuamua, they constitute important data in accessing its likely makeup.
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more: https://earthsky.org/space/seti-radio-search-no-artificial-emissions-oumuamua
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Radio search finds no artificial emissions from 'Oumuamua (earthsky.org) (Original Post)
eppur_se_muova
Dec 2018
OP
Now there's a suprise maybe they were running silent so the humans dont see them
Fullduplexxx
Dec 2018
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Fullduplexxx
(7,839 posts)1. Now there's a suprise maybe they were running silent so the humans dont see them
GeorgeGist
(25,308 posts)2. Listen again ...
Ink Addict
(36 posts)3. Surfin' Bird
The bird is THE WORD, but it gets even more crazy at 1:27, LOL!