What was discovered during the search for an interstellar object that fell into the Pacific Ocean (5 photos)
Noted Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb since 2017 claims that the asteroid Oumuamua that fell into the depths of the Pacific Ocean is not nothing more than a crashed probe of a highly advanced alien civilization. The scientist has just completed an expedition, the purpose of which was search for the remains of an interstellar object, and announced interesting finds.
Professor Avi Loeb announced that his research group completed her $1.5 million expedition and collected 35 milligrams of unusual material.
These finds consisted of 50 iron balls with a diameter of only a few millimeters that usually remain from meteorites that burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
The expedition members collected these balls by dragging large magnetic skids on the ocean floor off the coast of Papua New Guinea, where the object has fallen.
“They, like molten drops of a fireball, carry information on the elemental and isotopic composition of the first recognized interstellar meteor,” Loeb wrote on his science blog. According to him These balls are said to be incredibly durable and come from "natural environment other than the solar system, or extraterrestrial technological civilization.
Discovered material is stronger than any other material cosmic origin, from among those registered by NASA. He was studied using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, which showed that it is incredibly hard iron. Further analysis more ahead.
Loeb believes that the knowledge gained during the expedition, help future Galileo voyages search for with even more precision. He hopes to succeed in the future. discover even more valuable artifacts.
Our common goal for the coming year will be to discover large relic IM1 on the ocean floor based on the spatial distribution of balls over a 10-kilometer area around the fireball IM1. There is a chance it won't work. But we'll learn something anyway new.