Daily Mail News UK – Science
Tiny metal fragments recovered from an interstellar object that crashed into the Pacific Ocean appear ‘artificial in origin’, scientists say.
A Harvard duo recovered 50 unusual iron spheres after tracking down the unidentified object, known as IM1, off the coast of Papua New Guinea last week as part of a $ 1.5 million underwater search mission.
New lab analysis of the metal spheres reveals they are ‘anomalous’ and stronger than any observed meteor produced by nature, according to Professor Avi Loeb, former chair of Harvard’s astronomy department who led the research.