Harvard physicist claims to have found the remains of an interstellar object in the Pacific Ocean

Miscellaneous / by admin / August 30, 2023

They have a very strange composition - this could only form outside the solar system.

Participants of the Galileo project led by physicist from Harvard University (USA) Avi Loeb declaredthat found in the Pacific Ocean the remains of an interstellar object of technological origin.

During expeditions a team of researchers using a powerful magnet lifted about 700 "spherules" from the bottom. Of these, 55 pieces have already been analyzed and described.

So, scientists believe that these are parts of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 space object, which is also called the first interstellar meteor 1 (IM1). In 2014, he is at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour broke in into our atmosphere and burned up off the coast of Papua New Guinea. In April 2022, this was first confirmed by the US Space Command.

According to Loeb, the composition of the finds indicates their alien origin. Some samples contain large amounts of beryllium (Be), lanthanum (La) and uranium (U) - space chemist Stein Jacobsen called them "spherules" of BeLaU.

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The abundance of heavy elements other than lanthanum significantly exceeds the standard values for the solar system, which suggests that BeLaU originated outside the solar system.

Avi Loeb

Physicist at Harvard University

The authors of the paper believe that the differentiated crust of an exoplanet with an iron core and an ocean of magma could have been the birthplace of IM1.

A more exotic version is that this unfamiliar structure, where uranium is almost a thousand times greater than the standard value in the solar system could mean extraterrestrial technological origin.

Avi Loeb

The interstellar object 'Oumuamua, which, according to Loeb, could be an alien probe. Image: ESO/K. Meech et al

It is worth noting that such theories are the norm in Loeb's career. In scientific circles, he is known for his claims about aliens. In particular, the physicist claimsthat the mysterious object 'Oumuamua was actually a spacecraft that monitored the Earth with the help of the so-called dandelion seeds - small probes sent from it.