The imagination is always freedom for thinking, so don't be so serious about those things.

The asteroid from another star system
(ESA-picture)

Kimmo Huosionmaa

The asteroid from another solar system is only an asteroid, what is lucky for us. This kind of pieces will always stimulate mankind's imagination and always will become some space theorist, who will say that this kind of asteroid is actually an aliens space probe, what was so-called "sleeper". In the intelligence world, the term "sleeper" means that the space probe or intelligence craft will travel across the target with their active electronic communication system shut-down. The thinking is a freedom, and people have the freedom to think anything, what they want. So don't be so serious, when you read this kind of texts. They are mentioned for philosophical thinking, not for the scientific fact.


And until the probe has traveled the necessary distance of the target, it will send the data to the makers of that probe with the laser-communication system. This means that the probe is silent, until it takes the coded message, that the central computer must begin the transmission. In this scenario, the probe is meant for SETI-missions, and its mission is not to disturb the target planet.


So this kind of thoughts will be in my mind, and there is freedom of thinking. But with this kind of asteroids is really important, that those pieces can be investigated in the very sharp way because they might give the tips, where we can probably find extraterrestrial life form. If those on asteroids surface will have some chemical elements, there is a possibility to find some kind of life form from the star, where that asteroid is coming from.


The trick is that other chemical relativity will compile with the stars, and this analyses bases that every star has a dust cloud around them, and the dust has the unique chemical fingerprint. The plasma spectrometer can uncover those chemicals, and then the star, where that asteroid is coming from can be found. But in real life, there are billions of stars in the universe, and that's why the looking for the origin of that piece can take a very long time.


But if there are a very heavy chemical elements inside that asteroid, means that the piece is coming from the space near nova or supernova, and when the star has been exploded, that asteroid what might be the piece of a destroyed planet can fly thru space. In this kind of question, we might say that "don't be so serious". There is a room for different opinions than the "official opinion" is. And there is millions and millions of particles in the universe, and somebody might claim, that the astronomers have looked the wrong piece.