Astronomy is opening up many new mysteries in space and things are not what they have seemed. For example, doubts have been raised about the “Big Bang” theory as being the origin of the universe. As conspiracy theorists and UFO advocates question whether or not we have been visited by aliens, science is discovering some unusual events. It appears that interstellar objects are entering the solar system, these do not appear to be rocks from some other planetary system. They appear to be intelligently controlled.

Recently NASA celebrated Voyager I a spacecraft that was launched and as having been the first manmade vehicle to exit the solar system as it passed through the heliosphere, the last vestige of the sun’s influence upon the planets, asteroid belts, dwarf planets, and the Khyber belt. After an 11 billion mile trek that began in 1977 the spacecraft has experienced expected degradation. The extreme cold and heat cycles affected devices and wiring as well the multiple computers onboard dedicated to certain functions. As transmission has faded and ability to receive commands so has the onboard power source radioactive plutonium batteries. Certain nonessential systems has been shut down to conserve what power is left. Once a command is transmitted to Voyager I it takes 21 hours for the spacecraft to receive it.

Yet, a strange thing happened recently. Where once the Voyager I seemed to be dwindling in functionality it suddenly gained power and clarity like it hadn’t for some time. One computer that had been shut down to conserve power had suddenly powered on and was now controlling transmission and reception of signals. This surprised NASA scientists. However something else happened that surprised NASA scientists. Thirty unknown objects headed into the solar system were picked up, authenticated, and reported to NASA. Strangely, Voyager I did not go into shutdown mode in an effort to protect itself from a collision, instead it remained operating. What were those objects? Some experts are saying that perhaps a fleet of alien spacecraft have entered the solar system and may be headed for earth.

Another interstellar object had entered the solar system from somewhere out in deep space. This was heralded as the first definitely observed interstellar object to be witnessed entering the interplanetary system of the star named “Sol”. Oumuamua, a strangely configured object that resembles a cigar shaped asteroid, but it does not behave like an asteroid. The mechanics of its orbit is not that of a comet or asteroid. Some scientists have theorized that it is a solar sail. A solar sail is a spacecraft powered by a beam of light that pushes it through the space where there is no atmospheric resistance or gravity so it takes little to push the vehicle. The name given to the object is of Hawaiian origin meaning a fast moving messenger from a great distance

Oumuamua approached the sun at a speed of 78.7 kilometers per second passing between the sun and the planet Mercury and exited the sun’s orbit at 80 kilometers per second. This in an unusual parabolic orbit rather than the typical elliptical orbits normally associated with comets and asteroids. Upon leaving the pull of the sun the Dutch observatory that has discovered the strange visitor determines that its trajectory will take it to the constellation of Pegasus back outside of our solar system again. In all likelihood it is thought that Oumuamua is a piece of planetary debris flung from a protoplanetary disk millions of years ago.

As it turns out, we now know the moon is a much more interesting and mysterious celestial body than we ever thought. Anomalies and what appear to be artifacts have been photographed all over the lunar surface. We'll explore more of this in Part II.