Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

---

Is the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua an artifact of alien technology? Are scientists really hostile to an alien hypothesis? How can we use this example to demonstrate what good science looks like?

00:00 'Oumuamua Recap
04:00 Alien vs. Natural
06:45 We Don't Know Enough
08:35 Good vs. Bad Hypotheses
11:35 Aliens are a Bad Idea

Full podcast episodes: askaspaceman.com
Support: patreon.com/pmsutter
Follow: twitter.com/PaulMattSutter and facebook.com/PaulMattSutter

Keep those questions about space, science, astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology coming to #AskASpaceman for COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF TIME AND SPACE! Music by Jason Grady and Nick Bain.