The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system | Karen J. Meech | TED

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  • @velveetaslingshot
    @velveetaslingshot 6 лет назад +10876

    It definitely is intelligent. It took one look at earth and kept going!

    • @knowledgeispower9122
      @knowledgeispower9122 6 лет назад +106

      And when did you observe this imaginary rock change course 🤔🤔

    • @knowledgeispower9122
      @knowledgeispower9122 6 лет назад +59

      Lol sure pal

    • @OK-ee9nh
      @OK-ee9nh 6 лет назад +98

      velveetaslingshot lmao nice one

    • @sculptre
      @sculptre 6 лет назад +46

      ​@@velveetaslingshot bet it was like "urgh, keep on going i'm just a random passerby...
      bluergh..."

    • @fredthompson1674
      @fredthompson1674 6 лет назад +16

      velveetaslingshot .....😂😂😂😂

  • @alexkalish8288
    @alexkalish8288 3 года назад +2499

    They left - Their Report said, no intelligent life in this system. The octopus however has potential.

  • @tarletonwatson4186
    @tarletonwatson4186 4 года назад +2595

    Due to the small fraction of time that humans have been on earth, I would hesitate to say that this is the 1st "visitor" to our solar system. Rather, it would be the 1st to be viewed by humans.

    • @ns4529
      @ns4529 3 года назад +200

      I think everyone understands that

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 3 года назад +65

      First viewed by them maybe. But definitely not the first by humans.

    • @Shepetunka
      @Shepetunka 3 года назад +11

      It was not viewed as far as I know.
      They do not even know the actual shape.

    • @bdc211
      @bdc211 3 года назад +25

      human history has written about this interaction since the dawn of humanity... wtf smh

    • @emilyharfst6468
      @emilyharfst6468 3 года назад +15

      it’s the first *confirmed* visitor from another star system

  • @ericmathis3746
    @ericmathis3746 3 года назад +191

    At my University we got to listen to a physicist speak. It was one of the most amazing and interesting lectures I've ever attended/heard. After he was done lecturing, he opened it up for questions. Most of the questions were about intelligent life. I stood in line waiting for my turn at the microphone. My question was simple, do you believe there is intelligent life in our known universe? He was surprised it took so long for someone to ask this question, so he turned it on me and asked me to answer it first. My answer was this: there are 100 billion Stars in our galaxy, and there are over 2 trillion galaxies in the known universe. There are approximately 6 billion earth-like planets that we know of in just our galaxy alone.. Which means there are a countless number of earth-like planets in the known universe. To shorten it up, I stated that it is mathematically impossible that we are the only planet and not just our known universe, but right here in the Milky Way galaxy where life took hold. And even if less than 1% of those planets where life took hold has intelligent life, then there are trillions and trillions of planets with intelligent life in the known universe. And how many of those civilizations are a thousand years more advanced than us? Or 50,000 years? Or a million years? Or even a billion years? So of course I believe that there is intelligent life that has the capability of cruising by Earth to check out what's going on with the youngsters... Let's just say he agreed...

    • @Dogsrule777
      @Dogsrule777 2 года назад +18

      I agree 100%. It’s like we would be pretty naïve to think anything less. Well put! ☮️

    • @jito4895
      @jito4895 7 месяцев назад +1

      He agreed because, its not him to say it, i think or its just again a test for the public to see how are they reacting to theses.

    • @BionicRusty
      @BionicRusty 7 месяцев назад +2

      Fantastic 👏👏👏

    • @newfreenayshaun6651
      @newfreenayshaun6651 6 месяцев назад

      1. Entropy
      2. Vastness
      3. The dynamics of space as we know it will be similar to those advanced populations across the sky, they won't make it here.
      4. God stays one step ahead of us at all times. Plank length? I don't think so...😂
      So long, earthling!

    • @markfarrugia8226
      @markfarrugia8226 6 месяцев назад

      The numbers don't add up. Just because there are an immense number of sand grains does not guarantee that you will find intelligent civilisations in any one of them.

  • @dr.zoidberg8666
    @dr.zoidberg8666 6 лет назад +900

    Man... we all need astronomy talks like this in our lives to keep us humble & remind us of how small we really are.
    Keep making stuff like this, TED. I'll watch it all.

    • @thezzzaappp
      @thezzzaappp 6 лет назад +23

      Dr. Zoidberg Neil deGross Tyson said that when he learns about the universe he feels large, because we’re made from the same chemical properties as the rest of the universe. “We are star dust” people should feel small compared to the unversed feel privileged to be a part of it, especially to exist as a being that can experience it however briefly

    • @MarcoMeerman
      @MarcoMeerman 6 лет назад +1

      You should also thank the astronomers, not only the platform.

    • @mohinator3341
      @mohinator3341 6 лет назад +2

      Lovecraft.

    • @freedomfighter2463
      @freedomfighter2463 6 лет назад

      NotAWesternSpy
      I like what you said.

    • @sudo7789
      @sudo7789 6 лет назад +1

      Heresay

  • @chrismacdonald.6295
    @chrismacdonald.6295 3 года назад +127

    What a perfectly articulated talk. And the lady is not reading from a, you know, a thing that they read from! Full respect to Karen. She reminds me of our health professors who have such a logical way in communicating, it’s a joy to listen to.

    • @rs-tarxvfz
      @rs-tarxvfz 3 года назад +3

      I have watched like 3 dozens of Tedx, but all of the speech delivered the focus was on the speaker. But how she delivered the talk was quite different from others.

    • @falcotol9299
      @falcotol9299 Год назад +1

      autocue

    • @grneyesnphx1
      @grneyesnphx1 Год назад +2

      Teleprompter

    • @thehoarsewhisperer1929
      @thehoarsewhisperer1929 Год назад +2

      Its called a automated prompting visualisation device

    • @nairobi203
      @nairobi203 Год назад

      It's rehearse, rehearse and rehearse....

  • @emilyeah
    @emilyeah 3 года назад +85

    Karen J. Meech - what a GREAT SPEAKER, so clear and concise. A great example of a true teacher.

  • @amateurmeteorologist7365
    @amateurmeteorologist7365 2 года назад +33

    Love how Oumuamua saw Earth and was like aight imma head out

    • @zajournals
      @zajournals Месяц назад +1

      Probably because he heard someone say, "aight imma head out," and realized we are too ignorant for first contact.

  • @velocityx6920
    @velocityx6920 3 года назад +1077

    "Visited Earth Today (GONE WRONG)"
    ~Some random alien on spacetube

    • @zaidonaliraqi
      @zaidonaliraqi 3 года назад +10

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @sjegannath6295
      @sjegannath6295 3 года назад +37

      you forgot
      *Not Clickbait*

    • @trill9733
      @trill9733 3 года назад +2

      @@sjegannath6295 hahaha

    • @kellyjackson7889
      @kellyjackson7889 3 года назад +10

      'galatictube'

    • @AnthonyDoesYouTube
      @AnthonyDoesYouTube 3 года назад +8

      @@kellyjackson7889 intergalactictube

  • @commenterofreason3478
    @commenterofreason3478 6 лет назад +5300

    When aliens ride by our solar system in their UFO they tell their kids to lock the doors.

  • @KJC63
    @KJC63 6 лет назад +613

    "Very close to the earth...and we didn't know about it" ....that quote is pretty frightening.

    • @NSBD-92
      @NSBD-92 6 лет назад +34

      Karen C if it was an alien and they’ve discovered a way to travel through space and time, then don’t be frightened, if they’re going to attack you’ll be dead before you realize.

    • @raven1586
      @raven1586 6 лет назад +55

      Stoney It is not about an alien attack or someshit like that. It is about some weird astrological object which can hit earth and destroy the life for good. I mean i dont know if we can answer such a thing even if we know it is coming but still not knowing is more fearsome.

    • @inducedpandemic3363
      @inducedpandemic3363 6 лет назад +9

      Happens all of the time.

    • @phillipjacobson4498
      @phillipjacobson4498 6 лет назад +9

      What do you expect us cave man do about it.
      We just die when it hits next time around.

    • @danhnguyenmd9635
      @danhnguyenmd9635 6 лет назад +9

      what about that house sized meteor that struck us in greenland in august 2018, next to our air base. We didn't see that one coming either.

  • @barneysdad9193
    @barneysdad9193 3 года назад +113

    An excellent presentation. She pitched it just right plenty of tech detail but lightly spread so that you could keep up. Great talk from a very knowledgeable woman. Thank you.

    • @timtom...americancritic8079
      @timtom...americancritic8079 2 года назад +1

      She's taking credit for work done by others... carefully hear how she says that's when I got the call..lol.. shameless!

    • @r_e046
      @r_e046 Год назад

      @@timtom...americancritic8079 Bruh.

    • @4everykingacrownent
      @4everykingacrownent Год назад

      👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад

      Why did they fire a missile at a first contact unknown?

    • @jito4895
      @jito4895 7 месяцев назад

      I totally agree with you 👍

  • @mbopa06
    @mbopa06 3 года назад +586

    Very well spoken, she has the ability to help a layman like myself understand information that would normally go over my head

    • @VG-rj8pn
      @VG-rj8pn 3 года назад +6

      There's nothing complicated at all about anything she says or this why you need somebody to explain simplicity to you is proof you are a non thinker

    • @mbopa06
      @mbopa06 3 года назад +21

      @@VG-rj8pn don’t mind being what I call an independent thinker. Guess it’s better than being a troll with nothing better to do than look for comments that can all to easily be insulted

    • @VG-rj8pn
      @VG-rj8pn 3 года назад

      @@mbopa06 no you're not a thinker you haven't even begun to learn what truth thought is let me guess you probably think the brain is the Mind lolol you're hopelessly lost and you remain that way to the last fart

    • @raevj
      @raevj 2 года назад

      She did not say it was an interstellar craft though….it is.

    • @Hi-qh2xx
      @Hi-qh2xx 2 года назад

      Thoughts are nothing but intelligent beings who can communicate with the human subconscious. When you start to hear thoughts those are aliens from another dimension communicating with you. Choose your speaker wisely. Because these entities speak through you whenever you give them the authority to talk. Sometimes these beings are so powerful that they over take your mind without you even knowing and you become a fluent vessel for them to use so that they can communicate with other subconscious, and create different realities by using you. Every time a thought arises in your mind you are being contacted by extraterrestrial entities who travel using energy that all living and non living things can feel. Yes non living things feel to. A fragile glass object can feel the force of you throwing it on the ground because it breaks. Watch those aliens y’all lol some are here to stay. Some are not.

  • @jackiepaul7224
    @jackiepaul7224 3 года назад +901

    She is an awesome speaker. Very clear, concise. I am impressed!

    • @Aaron94x
      @Aaron94x 3 года назад +19

      i thogutht the same thing. i wish i had more teachers like her in school lol

    • @jeffbaumbach9439
      @jeffbaumbach9439 3 года назад +4

      @@Aaron94x Especially one who taught spelling. The proper word is thought...

    • @rbr4784
      @rbr4784 3 года назад +4

      Agree

    • @jde007
      @jde007 3 года назад +2

      I agree.

    • @thedumbartist
      @thedumbartist 3 года назад +9

      @@andresgalviz315 does her weight effect you in literally any way at all?

  • @jgonsalk
    @jgonsalk 6 лет назад +161

    This should be the standard of TED talks. Real experts telling us amazing stories.

    • @brianbarrett192
      @brianbarrett192 Год назад +1

      YES. Instead, it has become flooded with nonscientific blowhards with agendas and obvious biases.

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад

      why did they fire a nuclear missile at it?

    • @sloht4061
      @sloht4061 Год назад

      @@scottbuchanan3461 Did they ? I dont think they did ? XD

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад

      @@sloht4061 ya they did ...

    • @ChelseaLori
      @ChelseaLori Год назад +1

      That is the usual standard for TED talks. But TEDx have lower standards and there are more of them than official TED, so TEDx has diluted the quality.

  • @PaulSinnema
    @PaulSinnema 8 месяцев назад +13

    This once again shows how we are part of this big Universe we all live in. If just everyone of us was aware of this fact there would be less war, hunger, pain, suffering, misery. Thank you for sharing this beautiful observation Karen.

    • @sancho2239
      @sancho2239 23 дня назад

      Humans are destructive species…

  • @Ihdobevoli
    @Ihdobevoli 6 лет назад +3222

    Oumuamua, I have come to bargain

    • @zako8424
      @zako8424 6 лет назад +102

      It was the only Way.

    • @GarenandDarius
      @GarenandDarius 6 лет назад +89

      I will give you 8 cows

    • @deadlywater96
      @deadlywater96 6 лет назад +127

      That cracked me up so hard in a public place ... damn, people are looking at me.. 🤣

    • @roblaenrd1892
      @roblaenrd1892 6 лет назад +57

      Dormamu 😂

    • @katiekat8478
      @katiekat8478 6 лет назад +12

      Omg too freakin funny!!!

  • @tolitsdterrible4785
    @tolitsdterrible4785 3 года назад +630

    The poor rock didn't know how popular he is. He could have stopped right here and become a celebrity.

    • @charleswilson7371
      @charleswilson7371 3 года назад +24

      He refused to stop here after seeing what we're like! Told superiors to piss off and went home.

    • @dashizzle1985
      @dashizzle1985 3 года назад +4

      or a billionaire because human race is so stupid.

    • @PankajGehloach
      @PankajGehloach 3 года назад +2

      or could destroy the whole planet!

    • @Pats-qb3jt
      @Pats-qb3jt 3 года назад +8

      Dare I say a rock star. Ok I’m leaving bye. Sorry.

    • @AlmazanDarwin
      @AlmazanDarwin 3 года назад +1

      Its not a rock btw

  • @glennslater56
    @glennslater56 4 года назад +1492

    For all those who expected to hear about aliens here's the short version. It's a rock going very fast, it came and went.

    • @tokoraider1942
      @tokoraider1942 4 года назад +75

      Damn I was 8 minutes in

    • @magdalenanull9999
      @magdalenanull9999 4 года назад +32

      Thank you Glenn Slater for your time . 🙏🦋

    • @elizabethwambui9901
      @elizabethwambui9901 4 года назад +26

      Lol. Thanks for saving us the time. I usually scroll thru the comments first.

    • @johntobin4707
      @johntobin4707 4 года назад +2

      Hi

    • @CzarrIV
      @CzarrIV 4 года назад +16

      And it’s coming back, even closer, 4 years from now.

  • @xobr
    @xobr 2 года назад +80

    see if this astronomer was my astronomy teacher, i wouldn’t have dropped out of it at all because she just refascinated me about our solar system and I hope she gets the things she wants so that we’re ready for another solar visitor and she can be satisfied to learn about the things she loves this karen deserves the world

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад +1

      Why did they fire a nuclear missile at them! My contact told me they communicated in PEACE?

    • @SignalFlowers
      @SignalFlowers Год назад +7

      Your astronomy teacher probably had to teach his beloved subject to multiple classes everyday for years. That has to get tiresome after a while and then people lose interest of it.

    • @henryiam4677
      @henryiam4677 Год назад +5

      Not the "it was the teachers fault"

    • @elphie2390
      @elphie2390 Год назад +1

      Mmmm you’re probably just lazy. See I put time into my class and passed it with an A. You need to study more

    • @Pavan-Nomad
      @Pavan-Nomad 28 дней назад

      Not all topics in astronomy books are stories like this! It sounds good to listen bcoz she’s explaining it in regular people terms. But if you’re taking this as a course during a semester, then you’ll be dealing with lot of complex math, physics etc involved in each and every single topic. So no professor in any university would tell you stories like this if they really want you to focus on the actual concepts. Space is complicated and hard. It is supposed to be confusing and to some extent…boring..

  • @hopvan8043
    @hopvan8043 3 года назад +747

    scientist: "We don't have the best quality pictures to capture this"
    Aliens: "Of course you don't..."

  • @suemusicface2
    @suemusicface2 6 лет назад +249

    i worked on the software pipeline for the pan-starrs data for a couple years. i just stumbled upon this talk and it's making me literally tear up....i am so proud to have contributed to this and as a CS/database nerd (not an astronomy nerd) it's great to hear this stuff explained in such cogent and interesting way. thank you, dr meech.

    • @Gwynsladle
      @Gwynsladle 6 лет назад +10

      Sue Musicface 😊 you're doing a good job..

    • @vchirayil
      @vchirayil 6 лет назад +3

      Debunking of Oumuamua's sensational shape -
      Search for a video called "Oumuamua's Rubbish Shape Estimate".
      Estimating shapes of asteroids/ comets by studying a tiny flickering dot of light in space (lightcurve analysis) is pseudoscience. The video explains why.

    • @tinopacino9400
      @tinopacino9400 6 лет назад +4

      Sue Musicface Obviously we didn’t do crap. That Looks Like a powered down spaceship from somewhere else.. Yep it just stumbled into our solar system then leaves the same way it came in.. The sun couldn’t catch it in its Gravity like 12 other planets! Yes I am counting Pluto and the other little ones..

    • @ceciliaageofaquarius1225
      @ceciliaageofaquarius1225 6 лет назад +1

      It's nice to see someone this excited lol.

    • @juanmura1934
      @juanmura1934 6 лет назад +1

      Sue I read your comment
      How awesome and exiting
      To be able to text a person that made a difference
      Congratulations on making a difference I admired and respect you
      Besitos😘

  • @shrivatsankchari1729
    @shrivatsankchari1729 3 года назад +466

    The fact that we can see something near Mercury is mind blowing to me. Kudos scientists 👍.

    • @arnav520
      @arnav520 3 года назад

      @Will Gee is it?

    • @chaelisa2763
      @chaelisa2763 3 года назад

      @@arnav520 no

    • @abcxyz-
      @abcxyz- 3 года назад +25

      The fact that we missed something as close to earth and the scientists only observed it near mercury is mind blowing to me.

    • @jerbsherb4391
      @jerbsherb4391 3 года назад

      @Will Gee He didn't mention the CGI idiot, he was referring to being able to see through telescope or orbital telescopes.

    • @wearmeout1
      @wearmeout1 3 года назад +5

      @@abcxyz- right? lmao how does that even happen

  • @frankwhite1816
    @frankwhite1816 Год назад +13

    Excellent presetation! Loved it! :-) Thank you Karen Meech.

  • @AEB1066
    @AEB1066 6 лет назад +916

    Interstellar spaceship completes its epic journey, arriving at that distant blue planet.
    Spaceship taps into electromagnetic emissions coming from such planet, accesses the internet.
    Spaceship goes "nope", pretends to be comet, gets the heck out of the solar system.

  • @jorgehernandez7954
    @jorgehernandez7954 4 года назад +207

    Listening to her, I realize how much I don't know about the place we live in.

    • @kingchris1353
      @kingchris1353 4 года назад +6

      You don’t want to know the rest.

    • @aquaflow1264
      @aquaflow1264 4 года назад +7

      Nobody knows wtf is really going on

    • @Milo19970
      @Milo19970 3 года назад +6

      Even scientists dont know a thing nothing is proven everything is just a theory wich is even crazier

    • @Milo19970
      @Milo19970 3 года назад +1

      Even scientists dont know a thing nothing is proven everything is just a theory wich is even crazier

    • @mftoeless1687
      @mftoeless1687 3 года назад +4

      @@kosmique we have far far more to go our space knowledge is of an ant to us

  • @danielaspiazo2761
    @danielaspiazo2761 4 года назад +487

    I love TED talks. They're a breeze of fresh air amidst so much disposable Internet content.

    • @peaknuckle6942
      @peaknuckle6942 4 года назад +9

      Most of them are good. Some of them are subversive steering. Discerning minds can tell.

    • @jeffdawson682
      @jeffdawson682 4 года назад +1

      # a breath of fresh air is the saying

    • @Smallballzzz
      @Smallballzzz 4 года назад +10

      Yeah if you love a narrative echo camber,

    • @Mmmmkaaay
      @Mmmmkaaay 4 года назад

      @Gromph Baenre omg is that real?

    • @Jiggs2u2
      @Jiggs2u2 2 года назад +7

      Oh yeah, they're great...just don't step out of the line of what they want people to know and believe, then they censore and take down your talk.

  • @SeriousSam-u7w
    @SeriousSam-u7w 18 дней назад +2

    Notice the amount of emotions she carries while delivering her presentation..Nostalgia of being obsessed with Mysterious objects making her belief in Life beyond our solar system.

  • @darrenstrathdee7425
    @darrenstrathdee7425 6 лет назад +1339

    We need to tax that ship

    • @nialloconnor9686
      @nialloconnor9686 6 лет назад +125

      Aliens comin' into our solar system and taken our jobs!

    • @tropicthndr
      @tropicthndr 6 лет назад +12

      I hope it’s a war of the worlds blaster looking for 7000 migrants on a caravan headed somewhere they don’t belong

    • @MrGorobu
      @MrGorobu 6 лет назад +40

      Build a space wall.

    • @MrGorobu
      @MrGorobu 6 лет назад +10

      @@BrianRGioia it'll be beautiful, tremendous and out of this world.

    • @patriot3908
      @patriot3908 6 лет назад +1

      👎👎👎

  • @JRay2113
    @JRay2113 6 лет назад +883

    Correction; it’s the first interstellar object in our solar system known to humans

    • @83yomomma
      @83yomomma 6 лет назад

      Jesus Reyes cool

    • @billbuffett2092
      @billbuffett2092 6 лет назад +5

      Fake news ✌

    • @natesprigg9584
      @natesprigg9584 6 лет назад +8

      Jesus Reyes that’s inconsequential. We have no way of knowing how many times objects have come through from outside our solar system. So for all intents and purposes, this was the first time.

    • @boblazarphdfuzzycist4444
      @boblazarphdfuzzycist4444 6 лет назад +1

      no thats not true

    • @tava7886
      @tava7886 6 лет назад

      Date My Nuts Captain Obvious!! JAJA!!

  • @Shinzo_Dino
    @Shinzo_Dino 3 года назад +243

    She's the Karen we need tbh..!! 👏👏👏

    • @mikerzisu9508
      @mikerzisu9508 3 года назад +7

      She is a Karen alright, no question about it

    • @paul9290
      @paul9290 3 года назад +3

      We don’t need more Karen’s

    • @salami3898
      @salami3898 3 года назад +31

      Space karen

    • @pseudophp
      @pseudophp 3 года назад +2

      @@salami3898 Diamond tier comment

    • @FordFalcon1962nBlue
      @FordFalcon1962nBlue 3 года назад +2

      name the next comet, Karens comet

  • @Albert23456
    @Albert23456 Год назад +1

    My son has an interest in astronomy thanks to this channel...thank you

  • @meetdogblack8277
    @meetdogblack8277 5 лет назад +714

    ...should’ve called it ‘ALOHA’...Hello & Goodbye 👋👽🛸

  • @mikebtrfld1705
    @mikebtrfld1705 6 лет назад +679

    It's headed straight for Uranus.

  • @BuyAvonFromDonna
    @BuyAvonFromDonna 3 года назад +19

    Enjoyed Ms. Meech's humor! She made her speech even more interesting with her witticisms. Thank you!!!

  • @Barcet1976
    @Barcet1976 3 года назад +13

    Whatever it is it doesn't change the fact that sooner or later we should be ready to accept that we can't be the only ones in this massive universe

  • @irobott3713
    @irobott3713 3 года назад +84

    Reminds me of the novel
    Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
    Set in the 2130s, the story involves a 50-by-20-kilometre (31 by 12 mi) cylindrical alien starship that enters the Solar System. The story is told from the point of view of a group of human explorers who intercept the ship in an attempt to unlock its mysteries. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula awards

    • @liammeech3702
      @liammeech3702 2 года назад +10

      She mentions this in the talk

    • @ajs3147
      @ajs3147 2 года назад +5

      I think I remember reading that Villaneuve is doing a Rama movie

    • @michaeltrower741
      @michaeltrower741 2 года назад +1

      boring book

    • @robertlee4809
      @robertlee4809 Год назад

      @@michaeltrower741 You still fking read it, so stfu...we'll find out on our own, thank you very much...

    • @ajs3147
      @ajs3147 Год назад +5

      @@michaeltrower741 lol had to hop on the comment thread to share that gripping analysis

  • @samueladams5243
    @samueladams5243 3 года назад +34

    The first visitor we’ve seen in the small area of endless space we’ve been watching for 20 years out of eternity

  • @louisnewsome46
    @louisnewsome46 3 года назад +74

    Dr Meech's presentation is truly intelligent and enlightening. Best use of comparisons I have heard from any scientific scholar.

  • @everydayisspecial8616
    @everydayisspecial8616 3 года назад +1

    Two things we get attracted to in this video. Karen J. Meech's cristal clear speech and Omuamua !! All pictures are only artists' impressions?! ..Our voyager also will visit other solar systems one day..

  • @MrJackal43
    @MrJackal43 6 лет назад +465

    She didn’t mention the fact that it sped up and altered its vector after it went by the Earth. That is very weird.

    • @yael6629
      @yael6629 6 лет назад +70

      Jack Long really weird, the sun’s gravitational energy wouldn’t produce such a massive acceleration and the change in direction. Almost as if it just had to go by earth and return from wherever it came

    • @summergram
      @summergram 6 лет назад +43

      She was a vague presenter

    • @MrJackal43
      @MrJackal43 6 лет назад +43

      Yael we were just scanned by a long range Alien probe...

    • @MrJackal43
      @MrJackal43 6 лет назад +14

      Astaroth ask any astronomer on the planet that’s been paying attention. Yes, I’m one.

    • @Ravishrex1
      @Ravishrex1 6 лет назад +40

      They had a a good look at us ! They though he'll no!

  • @bullwinklemoose9204
    @bullwinklemoose9204 6 лет назад +709

    It's an interstellar blunt that Galactus left behind

  • @cecedawkins4454
    @cecedawkins4454 6 лет назад +200

    Earthlings: we really wanna know if we’re not alone in the universe
    Aliens: uhHhhhhh send rock

    • @debbiejudd6447
      @debbiejudd6447 5 лет назад +10

      They threw it to see if were stupid evought to chase. Lmao

    • @MiniNinja258
      @MiniNinja258 4 года назад +4

      Humans so slow developing technology so the aliens probably beat us and are now using high tech to hide from us.

    • @IngvarMar
      @IngvarMar 4 года назад +5

      MikeW19 they probably don’t care about us the same way we don’t care about ants in the ground

    • @MiniNinja258
      @MiniNinja258 4 года назад

      Igor until the ants start getting in the house we dead!! 💀 💀

    • @cruelworld1902
      @cruelworld1902 4 года назад +2

      What if we are just like an atom in alien world. Like we have atom here.

  • @terrencekane8203
    @terrencekane8203 3 года назад +2

    The best TED ever.

  • @MultiJoe11111
    @MultiJoe11111 3 года назад +345

    "Ou-mua-mua" this name has an Oh and two kisses in it. Lovely :)

    • @hugopoyoyo9886
      @hugopoyoyo9886 3 года назад +10

      You sus bro

    • @MultiJoe11111
      @MultiJoe11111 3 года назад +3

      @@hugopoyoyo9886 why would I be 'sus' about the video? I just liked the name

    • @hugopoyoyo9886
      @hugopoyoyo9886 3 года назад +1

      @@MultiJoe11111 I'm fukin with u dude

    • @andychristian1621
      @andychristian1621 3 года назад

      You need to see a doctor

    • @MultiJoe11111
      @MultiJoe11111 3 года назад +6

      @@andychristian1621 u need to see a mirror

  • @aubreysands5585
    @aubreysands5585 4 года назад +332

    4:47 "And we didn't know about it until after it passed." Am I the only one bothered by this?

    • @luisrasgado9160
      @luisrasgado9160 4 года назад +41

      You know the government always hide stuff but want us to be clear to them

    • @sayedfarih6536
      @sayedfarih6536 4 года назад +2

      Me too

    • @darkcss1054
      @darkcss1054 4 года назад +55

      this means there might be objects that are so unusual and moving so fast that we'll only know after they hit us

    • @sohailahmed1968
      @sohailahmed1968 3 года назад +7

      I was thinking same,,, looks like they were all in sleep mode when it approached earth

    • @Milo19970
      @Milo19970 3 года назад +24

      They admitted the existence of UFO's 16 years after getting the footage. Imagine how much they now know and will tell us in another 16 years. I feel as if they want us to get used to the fact that we are not alone.

  • @theelephantintheroom69
    @theelephantintheroom69 6 лет назад +692

    *Earth sees a passing rock*
    Earth: Wtf is that? Do we say hello? Is it metal? Hello? Why is it spinning? Do we poke it with a spacecraft? Should we catch it? Is it an alien? Did that thing come from another solar system? Is it dangerous? Should we blow it up? So many questions about a rock.
    *Rock leaves
    Earth: .......

    • @nextgencs7
      @nextgencs7 6 лет назад +4

      Αλέξης Ανδρικόπουλος i disagree with what you preposed they made objects "gods" not because of there lack of knowledge but with the observed changes to there world so no this wouldn't be even considered

    • @josephgroves3176
      @josephgroves3176 6 лет назад +4

      EZCAPE Records. True, unadvanced doesn't mean stupid

    • @jkreps18
      @jkreps18 6 лет назад +3

      EZCAPE Records true they were very intelligent cause as far as we know they didnt let technology turn them lazy or zombies probably cause they knew better. Probably cause they followed Gods laws instead of making there own

    • @technerds8820
      @technerds8820 6 лет назад +2

      lol

    • @caseychesh
      @caseychesh 6 лет назад

      Yessssss

  • @elizabethdickerson1136
    @elizabethdickerson1136 2 года назад +33

    It’s actually really scary that we have all this amazing technology and these amazing men and women that are obviously 1000 times smarter than I. Who did this get so close to earth with out anyone realizing it. What are we doing now so we will know next time ( if there is a next time )

    • @theseventhsteel
      @theseventhsteel 2 года назад +2

      No one is smart than anyone else , we all just know more about something else.

    • @justinbustamante7206
      @justinbustamante7206 2 года назад +3

      @@theseventhsteel smarter. and no

    • @donkeysaurusrex7881
      @donkeysaurusrex7881 Год назад

      There are not that many telescopes good enough to see small objects like this until they are very close, and they’re usually being used for something other than looking for small objects coming towards earth. It’d be nice if there were though.

    • @wukilla8ee
      @wukilla8ee Год назад

      Your brain cannot put into perspective how massive space is, seeing an object that small is like trying to locate a single grain of sand in the Pacific ocean. All the telescopes in the world cannot see everything out there, literally impossible with the tech we have available now

    • @elizabethdickerson1136
      @elizabethdickerson1136 Год назад

      @@wukilla8ee you would be surprised at what my brain can do Mr. - 😜😜

  • @VOLRAK1
    @VOLRAK1 5 лет назад +645

    For all we know it could've been sent by a collection of mega advanced civilastions to map out the galaxy kinda like a Google map car

    • @jesusruiz3497
      @jesusruiz3497 5 лет назад +15

      Lmao

    • @grownman1017
      @grownman1017 5 лет назад +40

      Excellent observation!!! I didn't even think of that but that is plausible. I'm glad other people think with an open mind like me.

    • @grownman1017
      @grownman1017 5 лет назад +37

      @@jesusruiz3497 what is so funny? They make a great point. Its people like you that will be left looking stupid when they come.

    • @VOLRAK1
      @VOLRAK1 5 лет назад +13

      @@grownman1017 our own scientists think using a space rock will cost a lot of cash and great effort but will end up saving billions in the long run, the rock will travel, pick up data which will be retrieved and so on. They still have a long way to go but it's an idea and that's how things begin.

    • @flappy7373
      @flappy7373 5 лет назад +2

      @@dewadattaa268 lmao

  • @aldozulfikar54
    @aldozulfikar54 6 лет назад +719

    Don't worry it alyways land on USA anyway

    • @jessejcpeace5579
      @jessejcpeace5579 6 лет назад +21

      New York instead..

    • @aldozulfikar54
      @aldozulfikar54 6 лет назад +7

      Jesse JC Peace is that 911 reference?

    • @jessejcpeace5579
      @jessejcpeace5579 6 лет назад +24

      In movies.

    • @Martachamoun
      @Martachamoun 6 лет назад +4

      Aldo Zulfikar HAHAHHAA YOU JUST SAID WHAT I WAS SAYING😂 WHATS WRONG WITH THE MIDDLE EAST THOUGH🙄😜

    • @mynolinp6015
      @mynolinp6015 6 лет назад

      😂😂😂

  • @rejoyy
    @rejoyy 6 лет назад +347

    That's definitely Silver Surfer's surf board. Galactus will be here soon.
    Oumuamua is definitely a "messenger" alright

    • @jerrellglenn4876
      @jerrellglenn4876 6 лет назад +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @djsmileyoflasvegas
      @djsmileyoflasvegas 6 лет назад

      Lol

    • @khr957
      @khr957 6 лет назад

      🤯🤯🤯

    • @juniorkawai6131
      @juniorkawai6131 6 лет назад +3

      Btw, where is the Silver Surfer, did he wipe out? Next time wear an ankle leash.

    • @syphon_9892
      @syphon_9892 3 года назад

      @@juniorkawai6131 He was riding the galactic wave 🌊

  • @giojo01
    @giojo01 3 года назад

    She speaks so well. I was intrigued and engaged the entire time. Usually info like this would go above my head. Lol

  • @JeffreyEutsey
    @JeffreyEutsey 3 года назад +579

    Who's here after Joe Rogan podcast

  • @mattdodson5352
    @mattdodson5352 5 лет назад +233

    It seen earth and thought "No need to destroy that planet as the inhabitants are doing a fine job"

    • @rupeshsanyasi
      @rupeshsanyasi 4 года назад +7

      OR - "No need to destroy that planet as the inhabitants will destroy themselves"

    • @younglouks0076
      @younglouks0076 4 года назад +1

      Mate it's all nonsense

    • @dominostimes2119
      @dominostimes2119 4 года назад +1

      @matt dodson
      Or: they are so dumb to represent a danger to us. Let’s move on

    • @ramonsmediablog
      @ramonsmediablog 4 года назад +1

      For sure! 🧐😆

    • @tasnimk94
      @tasnimk94 4 года назад

      👍👍

  • @clarapvalente
    @clarapvalente 4 года назад +27

    What it was interesting for me is how much she was able to present the "official data" letting many people aware that indeed Oumuamua is a craft

    • @WendyWatersctmm
      @WendyWatersctmm 2 года назад

      She didn't say that at all. She only said it MIGHT be.

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад

      Why did NASA fire a nuclear missile at a benevolent people? Their Craft is their world!

  • @fsexpresscleaningservices5720
    @fsexpresscleaningservices5720 17 дней назад

    Loved this ted talk!! Mrs. Karen sounds like an amazing teacher!! We need more like her! 💕👑

  • @OlympusGamingPVP
    @OlympusGamingPVP 6 лет назад +1082

    Humanity is so lonely, as a species, that we get excited about a flying, glowing rock visiting our solar system.
    Edit: Hey you little turds, thanks for the likes; however, it turns out there is more to this discovery than this Ted Talk dives into. This discovery has boggled numerous, notorious astrophysicists. We all wish for it to have something to do with aliens, but most likely it does not. So, henceforth, I take back my initial comment and after further research, this discovery has intrigued me.

    • @coquitoisopropano801
      @coquitoisopropano801 6 лет назад +51

      Ashton Allen beware with those edges boy, don't cut yourself

    • @pmarceau
      @pmarceau 6 лет назад +65

      Interesting observation, and I mean that seriously.

    • @boojay111
      @boojay111 6 лет назад +3

      and why not

    • @GlobalWave1
      @GlobalWave1 6 лет назад +36

      Ashton Allen I wouldn’t say lonely. I think we were more excited about it being a first object from the outer outer space we have observed.
      Humanity as a whole is to worried about our little individual bubble.
      Only those who have time to think deeply quiet often would think we are lonely.
      That’s a good thing but humanity as a whole could care less.

    • @yosour6733
      @yosour6733 6 лет назад +33

      Ashton Allen no we're just naturally exited and interested in stuff we don't know

  • @papabeanguy
    @papabeanguy 6 лет назад +132

    Very cool. This is the real TED

  • @ladyfibonaccii
    @ladyfibonaccii 5 лет назад +8

    I named my daughter Lyra after my favorite books, His Dark Materials, and Contact. Both made into movies/pending TV show on HBO. Now I see this..... She is only two. The Lyrid meteor shower occurred a few weeks after her birth. I'm literally going through that emotional chill she is talking about. I even told the universe if you ever give me a child I hope it's when I'm 25, not too young, not too old. I had her on her due date, and she was conceived when I was 25. She is literally a Star Child. Ever since her birth there have been the most amazing occurrences in the Cosmos. She was born into the greatest time of science and I couldn't be happier. I hope she is just as passionate about it as her momma. Sorry it's long if anyone reads this. I also pronounce her name like in the movie, The Golden Compass, the first book of His Dark Materials. Books riddled with alternate realities, space dust, dark matter, which has a consciousness and Lyra can actually communicate with them.

    • @camerontaylor7471
      @camerontaylor7471 5 лет назад +1

      Jade Gardner beautiful story! Lyra is a truly special just like all creatures given the gift of life! You got to see first hand the power of the human spirit, and now that you have birthed a universe inside a human body that you named to be Lyra, please always remember she now has her own life and her own dream to create and live within and has the gift from free will to do so. She is not a character within a story book fantasy to be molded into, don’t let the imagination of who you want her to be and your obsession with a fairy tale to destroy your bond with her!

    • @OstlyBoy
      @OstlyBoy Год назад

      You humans think all about yourselves, year 2031 will be the year everything changes

  • @garyvale8347
    @garyvale8347 2 года назад +19

    Dr Avi Loeb ( a notable Harvard Professor and astrophysicist who has been teaching astronomy at Harvard since 1993, and chaired its astronomy department ) suggested that it is a " light sail " , created by an alien civilization and being pushed by the solar winds or reflected starlight..... this large pancake-like object the size of a football field, didn’t have any of the traditional markings of an asteroid or comet and is being pushed by a force, that leaves no cometary tail....

    • @jaytheproducer1125
      @jaytheproducer1125 Год назад +7

      Yea we seen the podcast too bruh

    • @romeogolf4
      @romeogolf4 Год назад +2

      @Jay The Producer I had not. I appreciate the explanation so I knew where to look.

    • @gantz0949
      @gantz0949 Год назад +2

      He's lost all credibility

    • @JammastaJ23
      @JammastaJ23 Год назад

      Yeah if we can't explain it it's always aliens. That's how science works.

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад

      Why does Havard have the lowest written language skills of any university of the planet? ATRUTH they are not equiped to articulate observable presence as many are. Is this why Harvard educations get better jobs, get to play with higher more influential techno;ogies. If this person acceptd communications from those of us less influential, and that it is against the very laws that govern and permit operations in space. To fire a nuclear missle at such a benevolent and molevslent people.
      Did you know recently a 30 metre circumfrance spacecrft I saw in the clutches of a military transport helicopter, thier people I was told were 80000 aboard and mankinfd thinks samll races Dont exist or have space flight or thy were not arround to see and observe the actual Jesus Christ speak to his people and not as his church, he called it his ministry and teaching people they arAI is in denial of benificial fathers e more than they were being told. Is the space [rpgram trying to murder every eyewitness civilization because their own l story is rhiers, possibly knew our earlier beginings.
      Maybe mankind should stop postulating abusing CERN and every eomputer on the planet. Each and every simple person could and would listen to their story from thier perspective.
      About a week later I saw the same ship in a hanger at their area 51, some technician trying to pry it open wearing a protective suit. I was told over 6000 such spacecraft have been abducted by mankinds military......
      Maybe thats why the MIB movie suggesting they dont do exactly that area 51 does. They maybe tasked to prevent understanding, like the 5 second delay on all broadcasts to prevent stories from being told.
      I am not jiggy with it or dancing to Will Smiths cool propoganda!

  • @siddharthkumar6687
    @siddharthkumar6687 3 года назад +15

    Watched it 20 times. Love to feel how mysterious our universe is

    • @ssotkow
      @ssotkow 3 года назад +1

      Since you're passionate about Oumuamua, I recommend you check out the book (or audiobook) published last month called Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Written by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who believes this object is artificial.

    • @siddharthkumar6687
      @siddharthkumar6687 3 года назад +1

      @@ssotkow thanks for the recommendation man

  • @nelsoncokanasiga1552
    @nelsoncokanasiga1552 4 года назад +145

    This is only one piece.Imagine a billion pieces where this came from passed through our solar system

    • @thejourneyback5552
      @thejourneyback5552 3 года назад +1

      Imagine all the other solar systems apart from our own..the galaxy is HUGE.

    • @glenn967
      @glenn967 3 года назад +1

      That's why there is covid so we Stay at home spend time on the fam, burn al money you got, and dont go outside. D

    • @leonricho8333
      @leonricho8333 2 года назад

      @@thejourneyback5552 1q1⁰p p

  • @ZomBeeNature
    @ZomBeeNature 6 лет назад +533

    It would be good if TED did more Science talks and less gossipy talks.

    • @AvgJane19
      @AvgJane19 6 лет назад +3

      Zom Bee Nature what constituents a "gossipy talks"?

    • @-Oittz-
      @-Oittz- 6 лет назад +2

      Everything she said about it is in theory.
      Could be part of our solar system for all we know.

    • @bryna7
      @bryna7 6 лет назад +1

      Zom Bee Nature. Wtf are you even talking about?

    • @ZomBeeNature
      @ZomBeeNature 6 лет назад +13

      I don't believe that _anyone_ could misunderstand my comment or any of the words in it.

    • @evangregory14
      @evangregory14 6 лет назад +7

      Zom Bee Nature really? How could you not understand how people don't understand your use of words that aren't part of the English lexicon. Can you please define gossipy. Because your use of it here doesn't fit it's usually accepted definition.

  • @ronaldbeck1762
    @ronaldbeck1762 2 года назад +1

    She is a wonderful speaker ...

  • @soxytopacio8022
    @soxytopacio8022 5 лет назад +251

    It is a projectile meant to hit us but it missed. It will be back after calibration.

    • @MrHater-nf2ox
      @MrHater-nf2ox 5 лет назад +23

      Aye broo that's deep

    • @ShaferHart
      @ShaferHart 5 лет назад +8

      bout time

    • @Brett_S_420
      @Brett_S_420 5 лет назад +2

      Another one is on its way right now.

    • @louisdlariviere3824
      @louisdlariviere3824 5 лет назад

      Brett S. With the right trajectory?

    • @Brett_S_420
      @Brett_S_420 5 лет назад +2

      @@louisdlariviere3824 apparently we will have a longer time to see this one, plus there is extra time since we see it coming much earlier.

  • @brad4231
    @brad4231 5 лет назад +781

    You can tell how smart someone is by how bad their jokes are.

    • @tattabox
      @tattabox 5 лет назад +41

      Hmmm not really... There are very "smart" people with very intelligent and funny jokes. She is just lame and a geek. She must be around her 40s but looks as if she was 50 something. I know my scientists.

    • @Adrik0622
      @Adrik0622 5 лет назад +22

      Neil Degrasse Tyson would disagree

    • @brad4231
      @brad4231 5 лет назад +4

      @@Adrik0622 It's nice to see you speak for Neil Degrasse Tyson. I'm guessing you also disagree?

    • @Adrik0622
      @Adrik0622 5 лет назад +6

      @@brad4231 no I was just stating an example. It's easier to talk that way rather than writing this: "I disagree, I believe Neil Degrasse Tyson is a firm representation as to why this statement isn't true." I have better things to do with my time. Rather than putting that much effort into every online comment I post. I apologise that it wasn't up to your standards.

    • @sanjudevi604
      @sanjudevi604 4 года назад +1

      This is not fake. Really it's is truly

  • @Angelissinging963
    @Angelissinging963 5 лет назад +148

    Kind of astronomy topic is what I love a lot, could TED invite more astronomers or researchers to talk about kind of issue like this?
    It’s really interesting

    • @SOLDIER_OF_GOD777
      @SOLDIER_OF_GOD777 5 лет назад

      尋找快樂 your kidding right?

    • @alteredbeast7145
      @alteredbeast7145 5 лет назад +1

      Check out John Michael Godiers channel. Also Event Horizon

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад

      Why did nasa fire a nuclear missile at it? Is that how nasa says welcome and peace be with you?

  • @KingKing-yw4xe
    @KingKing-yw4xe 3 года назад +9

    I love to see the story of Dr. Wudi. He observed timelapse of all Universes. He holds a very different view. He has an unusual Theory of Everything. He is a scientist, biotechnologist and physician. He has been observing in silence since 2017. If you make a video about him, I think it would be a truly fascinating story.

  • @sturpdog
    @sturpdog 4 года назад +243

    Never question a person wearing two watches

    • @MetalSStar196
      @MetalSStar196 4 года назад +8

      Two watches? Isn't that a sign of mental illness?

    • @adorablecheetah2930
      @adorablecheetah2930 4 года назад +7

      Some observation!!

    • @KajunMs39
      @KajunMs39 4 года назад +17

      Could be a Fitbit also monitoring heartbeat, etc

    • @danip3270
      @danip3270 4 года назад +12

      Someone else commented she is wearing a g-shock watch on her left hand. I looked them up, and they’re definitely utilitarian watches for someone like her. Definitely not for its looks. I’m guessing the one on her right is a Fitbit, like others mentioned. I’m always jealous of astronomers, their jobs, and their intellect.

    • @jacquelinestephenson323
      @jacquelinestephenson323 4 года назад +9

      @@KajunMs39 - I wondered about that, if it's like a heart monitor or something. She sounds so out of breath throughout. But she may be excited or nervous.

  • @abc-nk1jk
    @abc-nk1jk 6 лет назад +257

    'Oumuamua is a made-up term because there is no Hawaiian word for scout; and it definitely does not mean "messenger from the distant past reaching out to us". The latter meaning is absurd and laughable. Whoever said that, trolled the world. I know this because I'm Polynesian and can speak/write/understand different Polynesian languages, including Hawaiian.
    "'ou" means different things, but in this case it either means "me" or "go".
    "muamua" means first.
    So, "'oumuamua" literally translated means "me first" or "go first". 'Oumuamua captures the concept of a scout, so I can say that's an appropriate translation for scout, BUT by no stretch of the imagination can it seriously be translated to: "messenger from the distant past reaching out to us". lol

    • @keith3819
      @keith3819 6 лет назад +75

      You must be a blast at parties, Sam.

    • @abc-nk1jk
      @abc-nk1jk 6 лет назад +19

      @@keith3819 'Oumuamua.

    • @keith3819
      @keith3819 6 лет назад +14

      @@abc-nk1jk I can't compete with that comeback. You win!

    • @abc-nk1jk
      @abc-nk1jk 6 лет назад +5

      @@keith3819 #sarcasmFail

    • @keith3819
      @keith3819 6 лет назад +14

      @@abc-nk1jk Hashtags..? C'mon, man.. Try again.

  • @i.t.7623
    @i.t.7623 6 лет назад +51

    "We firmly believe, its likely to be a leftover archaeological remnant from a process of a birth of another planetary system". Funny to start a sentence by firmly believe, followed by "likely to be". Still a great speech!

    • @BLUNAMIKarmacomet
      @BLUNAMIKarmacomet 6 лет назад +1

      Ignas Tauras, 'We firmly believe' that Treason was committed against the USA during the 2016 presidential election. A meeting of Russian Government assets left a message at the meeting that Cadet Bone-Spurs need only ask for Vladimir's help in public. "Russia... if you're listening", 1 to 3 hours later the DNC servers were hacked by Russia. The coward who would sell out his country? Donnie Tiny Hands is the one person whom that is most 'likely to be'. See? It is not all that hard to fit those together. Peace,

    • @paulrogers1714
      @paulrogers1714 6 лет назад

      @Ignas Tauras
      That's like saying to a new girlfriend, " I firmly believe I have a 8" penis........or it's likely to be".

    • @ItsMyFate
      @ItsMyFate 6 лет назад +2

      The funny part was "believe" because they'll never know.

  • @andrew8394
    @andrew8394 2 года назад

    Really Interesting Talk.
    Almost Beyond Belief !
    Out Of This World
    Real Encounter Of The
    3rd Kind !
    Thanks For SHARING

  • @cem5470
    @cem5470 3 года назад +24

    Avi Loeb talks about its accelerating motion as it moves away from the sun and how it is really an extraordinary motion since it does not have a propulsion feature as a comet does.

    • @gantz0949
      @gantz0949 Год назад

      Lost all credibility

  • @benu7930
    @benu7930 3 года назад +53

    A few million years later, some frogs in a distant 0planet will dust off their differential equations wondering if our Voyager is a comet or a sign of intelligent life somewhere

  • @07FreshMaker
    @07FreshMaker 3 года назад +17

    What a great speaker! Can feel the energy and excitement

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 2 года назад

      I can feel the energy and excrement.

  • @Thebipolarachiever
    @Thebipolarachiever 3 года назад +2

    Man what a presentation...👏 Very well spoken and just wow

  • @randomheadful7190
    @randomheadful7190 3 года назад +66

    Harvard astronomer Avi Lieb wrote a book about the possibility of this being artificial in his book Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Definitely worth a read!

    • @captur69
      @captur69 3 года назад +1

      Artificial....they're not even sure what it looks like..nevermind writing books on it..someone cashing in sounds like...

    • @useyourbrain.5574
      @useyourbrain.5574 3 года назад +11

      @@captur69 they know its dimensions, reflectivity, colour. That is a good grounding.

    • @Vedant.Dhawan
      @Vedant.Dhawan 3 года назад

      @@captur69 it accelerated its course and the rotation it exhibited is uncommon for any other natural asteroid or comet,in addition there was no trail,so i think it maybe a remenant from a different civilisation which perhaps is like a space probe of the aliens using an unknown source of energy,very interesting to learn about,you dont have to bring god,evolution and your adam and eve fairy tale into every aspect of life.

    • @segura2112
      @segura2112 3 года назад +9

      I liked how she left open the posibilty that it might not be natural.

    • @jonord3391
      @jonord3391 3 года назад +3

      Read the book….it’s thought provoking.

  • @brendarua01
    @brendarua01 6 лет назад +79

    I love her being funny. Gives a sense of the coffee pot chat, light hearted speculation, the "but what if?"! Dollars to donuts someone wanted it to be the Enterprise saucer.

    • @chomkypanda
      @chomkypanda 6 лет назад +1

      That's me :)

    • @gigawertz2582
      @gigawertz2582 6 лет назад +5

      Honestly, what u said was almost poetically pleasing. “dollars to donuts” is my new favorite phrase. thanks

    • @smallheelcatcher
      @smallheelcatcher 6 лет назад +2

      The Enterprise saucer section hurled into the past while trying to save a crew member. A rescue mission that went horribly wrong and many thousands of years later returned to a pre-warp Earth. The recorded crew warning had gone silent eons ago. The catastrophe will again be repeated. This time the enterprise will have some record of the saucer section reaching Earth knowing there was no radio message, and they will be able to make adjustments so that their radio recording will be live and active to help avert the catastrophe and save the crew members. Yay! Happy ending.

    • @Dellaluna13
      @Dellaluna13 6 лет назад +1

      It looks like someone tried to shape a burger patty into a Millennium Falcon 8:16.

    • @deemcmullen6616
      @deemcmullen6616 6 лет назад

      Br

  • @slaughterhouse5309
    @slaughterhouse5309 6 лет назад +113

    The only question should be, how many more could be headed this way?

    • @johnarmenta2199
      @johnarmenta2199 6 лет назад +4

      Ah! Fear of the unknown! . . . wow

    • @slaughterhouse5309
      @slaughterhouse5309 6 лет назад +7

      @Red Works First of all Buzz Lightyear, that's not remotely close to the appropriate usage of semicolons or grammar at all; secondly, "space junk" is an issue, things we throw up... come back down.

    • @Tbeemer97
      @Tbeemer97 6 лет назад

      Slaughter House 5 You’re worried about grammar and terrified of the unknown. You need to take a deep breath and calm down.

    •  6 лет назад +4

      I don't know. I just thank dog that we still have Humpback Whales who can respond to their transmissions.

    • @tukiataumalolo3508
      @tukiataumalolo3508 6 лет назад

      Be

  • @JoseMendoza-gq1bx
    @JoseMendoza-gq1bx 3 года назад +4

    It was a space craft seeking elements for there way of life. They were 5th density entities flying through space in a craft disguised as a comet. The ship was asked to wave off, and not by the local earthlings.

  • @mosthighlatin1537
    @mosthighlatin1537 3 года назад +5

    I read sonewhere where an astronomist wrote an essay where he purposed that in fact it wasnt omuamua passing our solar system but instead it was our system passing by it and that omuamua is a still object. Fascinating stuff!! How he explained the movements and wobble motion im not sure but its crazy

  • @brianrundle2875
    @brianrundle2875 6 лет назад +41

    I heard that the object changed directions unexpectly which is the biggest thing that happened here and she didn't mention it. Also she was going to comment on what would happen if it actually hit the earth knowing the velocity and mass of the object , but she ended her talk with out concluding. It seems her breathing got a bit laboured, maybe excitement or stage nerves.

    • @funnyfurfamily1513
      @funnyfurfamily1513 6 лет назад +8

      Brian Rundle Yes it did change direction and speed...odd how she did not comment on that very big fact.

    • @AufBerghofNAM
      @AufBerghofNAM 6 лет назад +1

      @@funnyfurfamily1513 this is why she stresses preparedness and a strategy for engagement with the vehicle

    • @DigitalJediMaster
      @DigitalJediMaster 6 лет назад +4

      Because natural forces can, and do, change the path and speed of celestial objects. Comets can change speed and direction either from the gravitational forces of another body, or because of gases bursting through the surface of the nucleus. This is not unusual and certainly not the most unusual thing about it.

    • @Bprovo
      @Bprovo 6 лет назад +2

      but there was none of that was there?

    • @Scholar4777
      @Scholar4777 6 лет назад +2

      They didnt want to start widespread panic

  • @Santhippe
    @Santhippe 4 года назад +34

    Dr. Strange in another universe: "Oumuamua, I've come to bargain."

  • @procrastinator41
    @procrastinator41 6 лет назад +10

    Literally most important job on earth: Pan Star Telescope Staff.
    Thank You and Keep Up the Good Work !

  • @pentaguss3231
    @pentaguss3231 6 лет назад +113

    'Oumuamua ,muy shinderuu....

  • @paes.landim.
    @paes.landim. 3 года назад +107

    “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Carl Sagan

    • @mlgfrog2470
      @mlgfrog2470 3 года назад +1

      What's the evidence for that claim? Just because Sagan said it doesn't make it true :)

    • @mlgfrog2470
      @mlgfrog2470 3 года назад

      @@juanmanuela8w0u Oh yeah? Who says so? You got proof for that? Or are you just making that up?

    • @oCHEWYYo
      @oCHEWYYo 3 года назад +3

      @@mlgfrog2470 The universe is more mysterious than we can suppose! Read that twice. At the end of the day we are just highly intelligent apes, so the best we can do is learn thru having evidence for our claims. The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us, we must make sense of it in the best way we know how.

    • @billtribble2904
      @billtribble2904 3 года назад

      Carl was an interesting guy. Publicly he would criticize UFO researchers, UFO reports, etc., but privately would encourage those folks. Hmmm...🤔

    • @charleygnarly1182
      @charleygnarly1182 3 года назад +2

      I've always hated that saying. Theres plenty of evidence of alien presence here. What defines "extraordinary evidence"? A garaged space ship?

  • @LaStryka
    @LaStryka 2 года назад +2

    Ouamuamua was shaped the way that it is shaped so that space rocks would have a very narrow area that they could strike because it's a defensive design.
    It also wasn't spinning, it is designed to keep some type of artificial gravity inside it.

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад

      Why did they fire a nuclear missile at their host world!! WE call their spacecraft?
      Would you say that 100 percent probability that was a hostile act upon them as I?
      The lack of conversation about that declared mission concerns me as I hope you also?
      Your thoughts either way or any way would be appreciated.

    • @LaStryka
      @LaStryka Год назад +1

      @@scottbuchanan3461 they didnt fire a nuclear weapon at Oumuamua.

  • @microkhalid
    @microkhalid 6 лет назад +386

    The ancestor of uvevwevwevwe unutweveweve aguamubuam osas

  • @Santiago-5107
    @Santiago-5107 4 года назад +110

    I like this ted talk. It tickles the side of my brain where i still believe in fairytales

    • @johnjohn-cs9eu
      @johnjohn-cs9eu 4 года назад +1

      Yes but at least you know when to shake yourself and awaken ...

    • @MachtPlays
      @MachtPlays 4 года назад

      Heres something that might tickle your fancy lol. It might have been rotating in every way possible, because it was acting like a gyroscope, providing balance while traveling at high speed, and it used our sun's gravity to slingshot towards it's destination, or maybe even to another star to slingshot again for more speed.

    • @flonkas
      @flonkas 4 года назад

      @@MachtPlays man that’s wild. Some high tech aliens slinging through the stars. Entirely possible. Crazy.

    • @AXELVISSERS
      @AXELVISSERS 4 года назад +2

      Space and extraterrestrial life ain't fairy tales tho ...

    • @MegaPieru3000
      @MegaPieru3000 3 года назад +3

      Can you explain how possible life elsewhere in the massive massive Universe is supposed to be fairytales? You're not arrogant enough to think that we are alone, are you..?

  • @lizziefloyd3500
    @lizziefloyd3500 3 года назад +16

    Thank you, Karen! Enjoyed hearing about your research!

    • @scottbuchanan3461
      @scottbuchanan3461 Год назад

      Why did they fire a nuclear missile at this sentinel??

  • @merellacurtis222
    @merellacurtis222 2 года назад

    wow, that's amazing. thanks TED TALKS

  • @sifer0
    @sifer0 6 лет назад +188

    "Oumuamua" comes...
    *Sees TikTok*
    *OK KIDS WE ARE IN THE WRONG SOLAR SYSTEM CLOSE YOUR EYES!*

  • @Thawtoy
    @Thawtoy 6 лет назад +192

    Dude trust me
    Kal-El just missed the Earth!!

    • @kehnguzghost1337
      @kehnguzghost1337 6 лет назад

      Earth will be HERE, after YESHUA's return a THOUSAND YEARS, in peace, but will you or THEM, highly unlikely THEY will still be here, but you may have a better chance at a second life made new, when THEY see only The Second Death, from which, there should be time no longer.

    • @KaI-eI
      @KaI-eI 6 лет назад +1

      Thawtoy Inc.
      Sorry that's not my ship

    • @Bekltuvanetko
      @Bekltuvanetko 6 лет назад

      It’s the Annunaki.

    • @archabe
      @archabe 6 лет назад +2

      kneel before Zod

    • @BennettStevens22
      @BennettStevens22 6 лет назад

      God is the truth. This is a lie.

  • @MissingNo99
    @MissingNo99 6 лет назад +7

    Finally something interesting about science! I want more science, technology and medicine. I do like philosophy, but you can only hear so many people talking about the meaning of life once a week

  • @falcotol9299
    @falcotol9299 Год назад +1

    Nice answer to her question!

  • @brendonducharme3527
    @brendonducharme3527 3 года назад +49

    I'm not sure why, but I almost got teary eyed when its name was explained

  • @jennifernunya909
    @jennifernunya909 4 года назад +6

    It's so lovely to hear such an intelligent women speak about science

  • @mikeharrington5593
    @mikeharrington5593 6 лет назад +48

    For myself this event reminds me of the difference between science and political governance & indicates that humanity will not survive for Oumuamua scales of time. Science can look backwards into time past and forwards into the future in ranges of billions of years.
    However, governments and politicians are generally unable to think and plan outside the time period of their expected term of office, which is commonly 4/5 years. Their decision making is likely influenced by their own personal desires for financial gain or political advantage. This could be the explanation why collectively they are totally unable to plan & implement long term plans for the future survival of ecosystems, economies and life on Earth in an era of quickly escalating climate change disruption caused by ever increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
    If collective humanity is apparently totally incapable of making plans for near term Earth habitat survival, then there is not much chance it can work together to ensure habitat preservation for millennia ahead. It is proving totally unsatisfactory that the length of our survival is determined by short-term politicians who don't have the proper understanding to heed the scientific advice on how we should be mitigating climate change right now.

    • @thekeysman6760
      @thekeysman6760 6 лет назад +1

      I don't know if you are referring to time-travel in your first sentence, but if you are, then actually we can only really see the past, as any future you experience is only a possible future, always subject to change. Change is the only constant.

    • @mikeharrington5593
      @mikeharrington5593 6 лет назад +1

      @@thekeysman6760 Yeah by looking forward I meant modelling the future. I don't believe that we can time travel because I surmise that each galactic existence is locked into its own space time bubble. I think that maybe some special observers outside such a bubble could see within the past present, & future simultaneously laid out as a moving linear existence. Thus I think such special observers might be able to move things backwards & forwards therein but the bubble occupants would have no markers for such change to recognise any difference.

    • @ApeX-pj4mq
      @ApeX-pj4mq 6 лет назад +2

      Mike Harrington Yeah stuff like tame travel is unlikely, we know the going into the past is impossible as people haven't been seen having futuristic tech. But the future I'd see as likely because we won't know if people time travel in the future yet.

    • @thekeysman6760
      @thekeysman6760 6 лет назад +1

      @Mike Harrington Ah. On re-reading your comment I'm not sure why I misunderstood 'Science' to mean time-travel! ha. Sorry. And all I meant was we can remember our past, and 'travel' within. I dig your take on all time being simultaneous from a certain vantage point.

    • @lokidaboolord2638
      @lokidaboolord2638 5 лет назад +1

      Yes we could think -time travel, or government incapabilities, etc., but what about if that was the exact opposite of it. What if the people who are in office are run by the "Government" -the more advanced ones? How sure are we all that our species aren't kept stupid dumb and shallow as how we all are now. Amazed at a big log asteroid. What about technology and government you say? Take note, wobbly movement. Spinning vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, and two more movements on opposite axes that I won't even bother looking up the terms on. Advanced-space-debris-warding-off technology or our space neighbors letting us observe and experience higher dimensions rather than just 4D.

  • @monikalubienska9194
    @monikalubienska9194 9 дней назад

    MY DEAR KAREN!!!!YOUR XPOSITION WAS SO CLEAR CONCISE INTERESTING!!!!YOUR VOICE IS SOOTHING AND I COULD UNDERSTAND U PERFECTLY....THANK YOU X THIS XMAS GIFT.MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND FAMILY.....KEEP HUMANS INFORMED OF MORE DATA....I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE ITS ARTIFICIAL BUT MY IMAGINATION SPEEDS....MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR....🌈🌈💞💞✨🌟💫🌠

  • @MohamedAbubakar-w3n
    @MohamedAbubakar-w3n 3 года назад +18

    Pinguins of the madagascar just commandeered the vessel and be like , " Boys just smile and wave, smile and wave"