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.
Professor Loeb – who has been dubbed ‘the alien hunter of Harvard’ – told DailyMail.com: ‘This composition is anomalous compared to human-made alloys, known asteroids and familiar astrophysical sources.’
NASA says IM1 almost certainly came from outer space – making it Earth’s first known interstellar visitor – and crashed into the ocean in 2014, but it was only detected by Professor Loeb and Harvard researcher Amir Siraj in a retrospective analysis.
The Harvard pair argue their new results support the likelihood that IM1 was ‘artificial in origin’ – and have refused to rule out that it was part of an ‘interstellar spacecraft’ made by aliens.
Siraj, who first discovered IM1, told DailyMail.com: ‘It’s really important to continue pushing the boundary in terms of destigmatizing the search for extraterrestrial life,’
‘If you don’t consider a possibility, you usually won’t discover something new.’Â
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