The Tale of the Interstellar Visitor

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

What happened when astronomers discovered the first alien from another solar system? This is a true story! In 2017, a telescope in Hawaii spotted a distant object in the night sky, behaving like nothing we’d ever seen before. They named it ‘Oumuamua, and an astronomical chase began! Join astronomer Jane Luu on her quest to track it down and figure out how the first interstellar visitor arrived in our solar system. We have another great episode with Jane Luu, about her breakthrough discovery of the Kuiper Belt! Listen to The Search at the Edge of the Solar System. You can also listen to an extended interview with Jane Luu about Oumuamua when you pledge to support Tumble on our Patreon, for just $1/month. Learn more about ‘Oumuamua on the blog on our website, sciencepodcastforkids.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:03.7	And I'm Marshall.
0:04.7	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:08.4	Today we have the story of the first alien visitor to our solar system.
0:13.6	Alien visitors like Mr. Spock?
0:15.8	No.
0:16.8	Did they bring us advanced technology?
0:20.0	The story is about a mysterious object that flew close to our sun and the astronomers
0:26.2	racing to understand what it is and where it came from.
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1:07.4	Our story of astronomical mystery comes to us from Jane Lou.
1:12.6	My name is Jane Lou and I'm a planetary astronomer.
1:16.4	You might remember Jane from our episode, The Search at the Edge of the Solar System.
1:21.5	Of course, she discovered the Kuiper Belt which is like a field of space debris beyond
1:25.8	Neptune.
1:26.8	I remember that she searched for years with just one other astronomer friend.
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