In October 2017, astrobiologist Karen J. Meech got the call every astronomer waits for: NASA had spotted the very first visitor from another star system. The interstellar comet — a half-mile-long object eventually named `Oumuamua, from the Hawaiian for "scout" or "messenger" — raised intriguing questions: Was it a chunk of rocky debris from a new star system, shredded material from a supernova explosion, evidence of alien technology or something else altogether? In this riveting talk, Meech tells the story of how her team raced against the clock to find answers about this unexpected gift from afar.
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Where is the REAL TED?!
GamerFreak 652 My Money’s on Ted Danson
He put a dress on. Is that a problem for you?
Actually this topic is sick Nvm
GamerFreak 652 you rock man. I just realized it means awaken your red chakra to let kundalini energy enter. 33°
“So long… partner.”
Justin Y. Should I subscribe? I want to but you have no videos.
HOW ARE YOU EVERTWHERE?!??!?!
<3
Stop being everywhere.
Is this your full-time job or something?
*It has been happening for thousands of years.*
Billions.
More science talks, and fewer social justice lectures please. This was a great treat, thank you.
Usman Shaukat less of more of the same… and more showing us direct representation of viewership.
I think that’s what was meant.
Represent all aspects of human brain; all disciplines and modalities, all realms.
Sami Tabbakh general escapism.
Balance everything folks this is the age of aqurius.
It’s not about “pointing out negative traits in a society” it’s pushing a specific ideology and an agenda with assumptions and pseudoscience behind it that not everyone accepts.
A social justice warrior is not someone with progressive values.
A social justice warrior is someone who purports to promote progressive values but does so in a disingenuous, hypocritical, authoritarian, self-serving, ignorant and dogmatic way.
That’s why we can’t stand to see TED promoting them as if they have something to say that hasn’t been said/debunked to death or even worth hearing for the millionth time.
THE SITA SHOW has got the right idea.
the ufo channels say this is a ship?
Kozmikōcēlōtl we know of millions of asteroids and meteorites, we know of no alien vessels. So yeah it ‘could be’ a ship, it could also be a giant middle finger but in all likelihood its not either, mate.
Space dingus
You could spit at the sky and they’ll say it’s a ship
Stephen Hawkins thought it was a possibility
Jamais it is a possibility, everything that can happen is a possibility, it doesn’t mean it’s likely.
The ancestor of uvevwevwevwe unutweveweve aguamubuam osas
what the heck was that about?
the alien undead
https://youtu.be/TZGgrb5eRws
*Can anybody explain to me the Interstellar movie in simple terms* ❤
You need to learn how to think, not what to think
Lets keep this conversation goi n g
Matthew Mcconaughey discovers Salvia and is, thus inspired to go to outer space and gets sucked into a quantum singularity, only to realise HE was the ghost fucking with the bookshelf in their farmhouse all along.
Watch the movie yourself, it’s a good movie (don’t spoil it for them please, anyone else who decides to comment)
your friendly neighbourhood Interstellar movie in a nutshell: Hollywood crap with no scientific fundamentals whatsoever. Could be entertaining but don’t expect to learn anything.
What is Howard the Alien?
You are.
Your mom
*bass intesified*
I mean forget that it decelerated on the way in and sped up on the way out…
Borpheous Maximus were these reports by any chance some random person here on YouTube with no background in this topic?
Borpheous Maximus there was also a rumour that starting up the large hadron collider would create a black hole destroying the world, another rumour that the American government captured a live Bigfoot…doesn’t mean they are real
Borpheous Maximus seriously
Ryan True thanks for that info captain obvious.
Borpheous Maximus you’re welcome
Better than the other video just released!
Big Gus lol. I commented remembering it too.
Not better. Just more… mega.
Or macro whatever.
Nesting dolls and cosmos
Very cool. This is the real TED
Great talk, but her breathing started to get to me
Isaac Hatch post your trainer website.
The name of the asteroid sounds like that meme
ovuvuevuevue enyetuenwuevue ugbemugbem osas
“Omaewa mou shindeiru! NANI?” that one?
Vexivero
Jesos!
*NANI?!?*
User Name, yea that one
Oumuamua mou shindeiru !
*Ｎａｎｉ？*
If the 10% share of the gods were given to Science at least for a year, we would have many of our ‘prayers’ answered…
I believe in Science.
Oval shaped metallic a ratio never seen before
I bet he’s coming for the KSI-Logan fight
Oumuamua means, dormant red mothership. – Shaka da veritas!
Nohl Takahashi awaken shakti kundalini
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.