Experts cast doubt on interstellar fragment discovery

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Last week, Avi Loeb, a professor of astrophysics at Harvard University, claimed that he had found in the sea fragments of a meteorite that came from beyond our solar system. However, other experts are not so sure.

Experts told the science news outlet that it is impossible to show that the object that caused the 2014 earth-atmosphere collision was interstellar since very little meteorite would have survived the force of re-entry into our planet.

Analyzing the oxygen isotopes in the spheres would be a superior approach to confirming an alien source, said Nittler. These particles differ significantly in objects from other planetary systems.Not impossible Scientists are constantly scanning the skies for Near-Earth Objects , including those from interstellar space, in order to determine whether a collision with one might be imminent. Is it too much to assume that they may have finally found something?

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