It seems that amateur astronomers from Germany, who do not feed on bread, looking into the eyes, have caught a “big fish”. A certain Martin Kabatnik and friends found a celestial object that was moving very fast. So much so that it will definitely “fly” outside the borders of our Galaxy.
Twice as fast as the sun
Astrophotography showed that the little dot on them is always in a new place. As a result, it moves at a great speed. The calculation gave the result: 1.6 million km per hour, which is equal to 440 km per second.
To give an idea, the Sun in the Galaxy moves at a speed of 220 km per second. And the new thing is twice as fast.
Viewers face the amazing mysteries of the Universe
Calculations have shown that our new “acquaintance”, at such a speed, will quickly cross the Galaxy and leave it. This fact itself is a scientific discovery, because it says that the space between hundreds of billions of galaxies is not empty at all.
It is not so strange what this object could be. By astronomical standards, it is small and similar to a “brown dwarf”. This is what scientists call substellar objects that are too small to be stars and too big to be normal planets.
Brown dwarfs of the big universe
Their masses are not large enough to trigger full-scale nuclear reactions in their nuclei, which turn ordinary space debris into fiery and hot stars.
Relatives of “brown dwarfs” from planets are gas giant planets. Among the objects of the solar system, Jupiter is now closest in composition to the newly discovered “flyer” by the Germans. Scientists still suggest that very weak nuclear reactions can occur in the center of Jupiter.
Classical brown dwarfs are the third, fourth and fifth objects in this diagram. At the end is our Jupiter, in the upper left corner is the sun
Our current dwarf, judging by the speed of his movement, will quickly consume nuclear fuel and become invisible. It is easy to see, which makes the assumption of his “youth” possible.
However, the study showed that there are almost no metals in the object, including iron. It turns out that the “galactic traveler” is very old and belongs to almost the first generation of stars in our Galaxy.
And she, the Milky Way, was created more than 13 billion years ago. You can judge the magnitude of the event yourself. Brown dwarfs discovered by amateur astronomers are “reminiscent” of distant distant times.
A disease similar to our Milky Way
Astronomers know what they are talking about. The fact is that all modern chemical elements, including those found on Earthare products of nuclear reactions in the depths of stars that occurred over billions of years.
Old stars are poor in chemical elements, because not many chemical elements arose at that time. So, there’s another mystery: how come this thing hasn’t come out yet?
A sub-star that became an asteroid
Not so important is the question of what made our new friend so crazy? There is not much that can cause matter to travel at speeds greater than 400 km per second.
Now scientists are putting forward classic hypotheses. The dwarf, larger than Jupiter, may have flown much more smoothly, but on the way it encountered a black hole. The object was not touched in his mouth, but he made a serious movement, which spread it further.
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The object could be an object in a binary star. Its partner star exploded under the pressure of mutual atomic reactions in the nucleus of both, and our “friend” was thrown out by a wave of great force.
We live in an era of all kinds of speculation based on incomplete data. So, let’s “try” this version: what if this is an alien ship? Theoretically, no one can deny that there is information (except us) in the Universe.
Another thing is that the distances required to move forward are still unpredictable and lead to a certain deformation of matter. It has been described many times in science fiction and science fiction literature, and has been referenced a lot in movies. Nevertheless, even this option cannot be rejected. Although there is very little data for it.
The army of lovers
Another side of this story: how this item was found. Just 15 years ago, NASA gave amateurs around the world the opportunity to explore thousands of images of space for free. This work is unpaid, and the images are sent to earth by the Neowise space telescope, which was launched into Earth orbit in 2009.
And then the same Kabatnik and his companions found:
“When I noticed how fast it was flying, I thought – are we the only ones to find this thing? I can’t even describe the extent of my happiness,” Komsomolskaya Pravda quotes him as saying.
The same telescope satellite after assembly
In the future, neural networks will be replaced by the army of amateurs, but this discovery is, of course, fantastic! We hope that our scientists will give their ideas in the study of mysterious objects from the Universe, despite all the sanctions.
In the turmoil of our days
In addition, let’s remember that in addition to incredible dwarfs, especially in our solar system, NASA has discovered five. asteroids 150 m in diameter, moving to the ground. Someday, humanity has to get together and forget about the whole struggle. Both to explore the secrets of the Universe and to repel threats in the form of asteroids.
After all, one of the clear challenges of this century is, among other things, to start a full-scale study of the Moon and Mars, as well as solving problems on Mother Earth.
Lovers and the Milky Way
For those inspired by such things, another quote, from Nikola Tesla:
“If you want to understand the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
Well, let’s return to where we started: the starry sky above us helps to cleanse the soul of anger. And when, dear readers, you decide to relax, look at the stars to your heart’s content, kiss one of your loved ones. It will definitely be better this way, and the hustle and bustle of that everyday life won’t get away from us.
