25-06-2023 00:34 via science.slashdot.org

Has Avi Loeb Found the Remains of an Interstellar Object?

Motherboard reports:Scientists are currently searching for the submerged remains of an interstellar object that crashed into the skies near Papua New Guinea in January 2014 and probably sprinkled material from another star system into the Pacific Ocean, according to an onboard diary by Avi Loeb, the Harvard astronomer who is leading the expedition. The effort, which kicked off on June 14, aims to recover what is left of the otherworldly fireball using a deep-sea magnetic sled.
The team has alrea
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