Oumuamua

Mysteries of Science

Fun Kids

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Hosts Dan and Michael delve into the enigma of Oumuamua, a mysterious object that passed through our solar system in 2017.

Initially thought to be a comet or asteroid, Oumuamua's unusual characteristics led to speculation about its origins, including the possibility of it being an alien spacecraft...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mysteries of Science. My name is Dan and I'm the editor of Science and Nature,
0:08.8	the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior. And I'm Michael the Features Editor. On this
0:13.6	podcast, we investigate weird events, strange creatures and mysterious places. That's right. And today we will going to be investigating the mystery of
0:23.7	a mua-moa.
0:26.3	A mua-moa? What's this, Dan? Some mystery about a cow?
0:30.0	Mu-a-mua.
0:31.3	Yeah, some kind of Hawaiian cow. Well, it's, well, it's, well, it's, well, to be honest, I can't quite tell you what it is.
0:45.0	A Muamua was a mysterious object that appeared in our solar system back in 2017, and nobody
0:53.5	was quite sure what it was. Was it a comet? Was it an asteroid? Or could it
1:00.3	have been some aliens paying us a visit? Well, I think we need to speak to some expert
1:05.8	guests to find out what it is, where it came from, and I think the biggest question of all, why it's called
1:12.9	a mua-moa. Indeed, these are the mysteries we will solve today. This is Mysteries of Science.
1:23.9	Okay, Dan, a moor-moa. I'm going to really enjoy saying that name again and again over the course of this podcast.
1:30.0	I think we should say it as much as possibly as we possibly can. Do you know what else is fun to say?
1:36.8	What?
1:37.6	It's another word which is in our newest issue of science and nature. It's moon-moon.
1:44.0	Moon. That is fun to say. Umu-a-mua-mua. All the fun
1:48.6	words today. Well, yeah, if you get the latest issue of the Week Junior Science and Nature magazine,
1:54.1	which is out now, then you will see a section on moon-moons in our article on Amu-Mua.
2:00.5	But don't worry if you haven't got your copy yet. Stay tuned.
2:04.5	We'll tell you what a moon moon is at the end of the show. Right, I can't wait for that. So back to
2:10.8	Umuamua Muwa. Who can tell us what it is? Hi everyone. I'm Dr Maggie Lou. I'm a research fellow in machine learning and cosmology
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