“We need to be curious, instead of comet experts who, from the start, argue that it’s just a regular comet.
“They said it’s water-rich — and then, when water was not found, they said, ‘Oh no, okay, so it’s CO₂-rich.’ When it moves in the same plane as the planets around the Sun, they say, ‘Well, it’s just a rare coincidence.’
“And when it turns out to have a mass a million times greater than the first interstellar object, ʻOumuamua, they say, ‘Well, strange things happen.’”
Nervous_Self_5453 on
> Neil deGrasse Tyson, has also weighed in, urging caution about alien-craft speculation and focusing instead on the observable evidence.
Gee, I wonder what has been stopping us from getting observable evidence
mediocrebighead on
Is this really coming this week???
daveprogrammer on
“It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.” ― Carl Sagan
Vorenthral on
I agree and the conspicuous reaction of scientific establishment about it has been not great.
Taking photos and not releasing them to the public.
Blatantly lying about the behavior until amateur astronomers conflict with real observations.
Fekalist_1 on
Feels like Loebs ego got hurt. He’s doing more defending than doing actual science.
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“We need to be curious, instead of comet experts who, from the start, argue that it’s just a regular comet.
“They said it’s water-rich — and then, when water was not found, they said, ‘Oh no, okay, so it’s CO₂-rich.’ When it moves in the same plane as the planets around the Sun, they say, ‘Well, it’s just a rare coincidence.’
“And when it turns out to have a mass a million times greater than the first interstellar object, ʻOumuamua, they say, ‘Well, strange things happen.’”
> Neil deGrasse Tyson, has also weighed in, urging caution about alien-craft speculation and focusing instead on the observable evidence.
Gee, I wonder what has been stopping us from getting observable evidence
Is this really coming this week???
“It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.” ― Carl Sagan
I agree and the conspicuous reaction of scientific establishment about it has been not great.
Taking photos and not releasing them to the public.
Blatantly lying about the behavior until amateur astronomers conflict with real observations.
Feels like Loebs ego got hurt. He’s doing more defending than doing actual science.