Are scientists ignoring the truth about aliens? An object from outside our solar system has puzzled experts. Should we give up on finding out what it is?
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Solar system may be ‘teeming with alien tech’
Are scientists ignoring the truth about aliens? An object from outside our solar system has puzzled experts. Should we give up on finding out what it is?
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What's happening?
In 2017, a strange object appeared in space. It was a giant flat object the size of a football pitch. It was travelling very fast: 20,000 metres per second!
Experts named it OumuamuaThe asteroid was given a Hawaiian name because it was spotted by a telescope on Hawaii..
Oumuamua is a HawaiianHawaii is the only US state that is made up of islands. It is in the Pacific Ocean. The first settlers of Hawaii came from a place called Hawaiki. word. It means "first scoutA person who is sent out ahead of a group to find out more about a new place. from a distant place".
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Oumuamua comes from outside our Solar SystemThe Sun and the objects whose movement it controls.. But we do not know much more about it.
Some people think it was sent by aliens. But others think we should give up studying it.
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Are scientists ignoring the truth about aliens?
Yes! We should not ignore things when we do not understand them. We should be excited that aliens might be out there!
No! Oumuamua is probably just a big rock from outer space. We should be more realisticReady to see things as they really are and to deal with them sensibly, or showing things in a way which is similar to real life. !
Keywords
Oumuamua - The asteroid was given a Hawaiian name because it was spotted by a telescope on Hawaii.
Hawaiian - Hawaii is the only US state that is made up of islands. It is in the Pacific Ocean. The first settlers of Hawaii came from a place called Hawaiki.
Scout - A person who is sent out ahead of a group to find out more about a new place.
Solar System - The Sun and the objects whose movement it controls.
Realistic - Ready to see things as they really are and to deal with them sensibly, or showing things in a way which is similar to real life.
Solar system may be ‘teeming with alien tech’
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Oumuamua - The asteroid was given a Hawaiian name because it was spotted by a telescope on Hawaii.
Hawaiian - Hawaii is the only US state that is made up of islands. It is in the Pacific Ocean. The first settlers of Hawaii came from a place called Hawaiki.
Scout - A person who is sent out ahead of a group to find out more about a new place.
Solar System - The Sun and the objects whose movement it controls.
Realistic - Ready to see things as they really are and to deal with them sensibly, or showing things in a way which is similar to real life.