What's up with all these Interstellar objects in our Solar System

[The Elevator Killer 714]

So the 3rd one is making it's loop through our solar system in a few years span. Are these from some planet that was destroyed? If so considering how far our solar system has traveled through space, that's a pretty large debris field. Or are they just common throughout space. That seems to be a problem for even sub light speed travel. 

[edjr 6,894]

Bruce Willis is a puddle, we are screwed

[BufordT 439]

MMGW

[weepaws 3,326]

54 minutes ago, The Elevator Killer said:

So the 3rd one is making it's loop through our solar system in a few years span. Are these from some planet that was destroyed? If so considering how far our solar system has traveled through space, that's a pretty large debris field. Or are they just common throughout space. That seems to be a problem for even sub light speed travel. 

Oh no.  

[The Elevator Killer 714]

34 minutes ago, edjr said:

Bruce Willis is a puddle, we are screwed

Let's send weepaws. He won't accomplish anything, but I still think it's a good idea. 

[edjr 6,894]

1 hour ago, The Elevator Killer said:

Let's send weepaws. He won't accomplish anything, but I still think it's a good idea. 

god bless

[posty 2,809]

1 hour ago, The Elevator Killer said:

Let's send weepaws. He won't accomplish anything, but I still think it's a good idea. 

Amen...  Indeed...

[supermike80 2,079]

Theres lots of debris in space.   But space is so huge it just doesn't seem to be much to worry about though.   Interesting about light speed(or close to it)...I wonder if a decent sized ship, traveling at that rate of speed, would break up hitting something like that or would it have enough force and momentum that the object just exploded instantly from the impact.   Unknown but interesting to consider.

[Sandy Loam 291]

Nothing clutters up space like Uranus.

[BeenHereBefore 1,583]

There is a spaceship the size of Manhattan where scientist think maybe coming to attack us, won't be here to November though.

[Grace Under Pressure 161]

It's likely that interstellar objects pass through our solar system every few years or so, but only in the last decade or two have we been able to detect them with our instruments. 

[seafoam1 3,407]

1 minute ago, Grace Under Pressure said:

It's likely that interstellar objects pass through our solar system every few years or so, but only in the last decade or two have we been able to detect them with our instruments. 

Ok rusty. You can take a seat now. 

[Meglamaniac 786]

14 minutes ago, Grace Under Pressure said:

It's likely that interstellar objects pass through our solar system every few years or so, but only in the last decade or two have we been able to detect them with our instruments. 

So we've only been able to detect objects since, hmmm, 2005, Oh OK

[Grace Under Pressure 161]

Apologies, forgot the audience.

Over time, we've been building more and more sophisticated instruments since the telescope was first invented. With the advent of Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, along with other recent generations of telescopes, we've been able to detect more and more objects, including those that may have been too faint to detect previously.

So yes, we've been able to detect these types of objects more recently because we've developed more sophisticated telescopes. Sheesh. 

 

[Meglamaniac 786]

13 minutes ago, Grace Under Pressure said:

Apologies, forgot the audience.

 

 

Hubble-1990

 

[seafoam1 3,407]

Poor rusty.

[thegeneral 3,577]

1 hour ago, Grace Under Pressure said:

Apologies, forgot the audience.

Over time, we've been building more and more sophisticated instruments since the telescope was first invented. With the advent of Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope, along with other recent generations of telescopes, we've been able to detect more and more objects, including those that may have been too faint to detect previously.

So yes, we've been able to detect these types of objects more recently because we've developed more sophisticated telescopes. Sheesh. 

 

This is the answer. We are better at seeing and identify these things with improved technology and more interest in past decade. 

Or it’s aliens and we are focked.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 4,339]

2 hours ago, Grace Under Pressure said:

It's likely that interstellar objects pass through our solar system every few years or so, but only in the last decade or two have we been able to detect them with our instruments. 

An interstellar object passed thru yur mom last night too.

[SUXBNME 1,594]

4 hours ago, The Elevator Killer said:

Let's send weepaws. He won't accomplish anything, but I still think it's a good idea. 

Post of the month 

[Nomad99 808]

Not one of them.....NOT ONE...is here legally

[HellToupee 2,187]

This is the 2nd probe in preparation for 2027

[HellToupee 2,187]

Well this is mildly interesting 

 

[The Elevator Killer 714]

8 hours ago, HellToupee said:

Well this is mildly interesting 

 

I saw something about Hubble looking at it and it's not as large of a comet as they thought. It looked so large because of all the debris coming off of it. The actually body is much smaller. 

 

[The Elevator Killer 714]

Hubble Space Telescope shows that 3I/ATLAS is a comet with a small nucleus, between 0.32 and 5.6 kilometers in diameter, surrounded by a much larger cloud of dust, it also shows diffuse emission ahead of its motion towards the Sun rather than a trailing tail

[frank 2,339]

The weirdest one is Matthew McConaughey. 

[edjr 6,894]

4 minutes ago, frank said:

The weirdest one is Matthew McConaughey. 

He might be a little odd. He seems like one cool mofo though