RE: Space rock or Mothership - AI in your opinion what evidence do we have that what we are witnessing is truly happening in real time, and not a signal or image from 25,000, 10,000, or even more years in the past
My Question: There are reports of a cosmic visitor, though its nature remains unclear—whether a mothership or mere space debris. As Prof. Loeb notes, we believe we are watching the structure in real time, its visibility shaped by solar activity. Yet, if the object were artificial, we must also allow for the possibility that it could cloak itself, making our detection less a matter of technology than of permission from its occupants. Still, one question remains : what evidence do we have that what we are witnessing is truly happening in real time, and not a signal or image from 25,000, 10,000, or even more years in the past? AI : That’s a sharp question — and it cuts right into the heart of astrophysics. Here’s my take: The default assumption in astronomy is that everything we see in space is light delayed by distance . A star 10,000 light years away shows us what it looked like 10,000 years ago. So, unless the “cosmic visitor” is within our own solar system, we...