According to the British "Star" website 65438+February 65438+March, this cigar-shaped mysterious object, named "Omo Mo", quickly passed the earth last month.
According to the report, a research team led by Hawking is trying to find out whether this object is an alien detection device or an unprecedented natural product.
According to the report, the "Breakthrough Listening" program is a project that costs 654.38 billion US dollars to search for extraterrestrial intelligent life. The project uses the world's largest mobile radio telescope in West Virginia to track Omomo.
It is reported that experts are trying to capture unnatural electromagnetic signals. If such a signal can be received, it will be the most important sign of alien intelligence.
Hawking and his colleagues who participated in the "Breakthrough Listening" program said: "Scientists who study long-distance transportation in space have previously said that cigar-shaped and needle-shaped are the most likely styles of interstellar spacecraft because they can minimize the friction and damage caused by interstellar gas and dust."
101October 19, astronomers discovered this strange celestial body through the panoramic survey telescope and rapid response system in Hawaii.
According to the report, it rotates every seven hours, and it is expected to pass through Jupiter next year and Pluto in 2 1 1920s.
However, researchers hope to study the object carefully before it flies out of the telescope observation range.
There are still many people who can't know.