Astronomer doubles down: 'Oumuamua could be alien craft'

For story suggestions or custom animation requests, contact [email protected]. Visit http://archive.nextanimationstudio.com to view News Direct's complete archive of 3D news animations. RESTRICTIONS: Broadcast: NO USE JAPAN, NO USE TAIWAN Digital: NO USE JAPAN, NO USE TAIWAN Oumuamua is the first interstellar object ever observed by humans. It was discovered on 19 October 2017, when it was about 33 million kilometers from Earth, and already heading away from Earth. RUNDOWN SHOWS: 1. Show Oumuamua tumbling in space 2. We see object falling faster, approaching Earth's solar system 3. Object starts to enter solar system, passes close to sun 4. Object's trajectory bends around sun 5. Object shoots out in different direction, exits solar system 6. Different angle of solar system and object's trajectory in relation to it VOICEOVER (in English): Oumuamua is the first interstellar object ever observed by humans. It was discovered on 19 October 2017, when it was about 33 million kilometers from Earth, and already heading away from Earth. Scientists were unable to get a clear picture of how the object looked, but estimate it is roughly a cigar-shaped object that entered the solar system at an unusual orbit and unusually high speed. Researchers found it hard to determine some of the phenomena displayed by the object. One scientist, Avi Loeb, published an article in 2018 stating that the object could be a light sail or probe sent intentionally to Earth's vicinity by an alien civilization. Other astro-physicists were not impressed. In 2019, an international team of researchers published a study and said they found that "Oumuamua's properties are consistent with a natural origin." But Loeb replied in 2020 that the data we gathered on Oumuamua is incomplete. He added that "to learn more, we must continue to monitor the sky for similar objects." According to Forbes magazine, Loeb's new book doubles down on his claim that the object could have been an alien craft. SOURCES: Forbes, CBS News, Livescience.com, Futurism.com https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alien-ex... https://futurism.com/harvard-astronom... https://www.livescience.com/avi-loeb-... *** ---------------------------------------­­---------------------------------------­-­--------------- Next Animation Studio’s News Direct service provides daily, high-quality, informative 3D news animations that fill in for missing footage and help viewers understand breaking news stories or in-depth features on science, technology, and health. Sign up for a free trial of News Direct's news animations at http://newsdirect.nextanimationstudio... To subscribe to News Direct or for more info, please visit: http://newsdirect.nextanimationstudio...