Sea-going search for alien fragments yields odd spherules

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I thought this bit was the most interesting:

> To be clear, Loeb is not saying these spherules or the meteor must be artificial in origin. The leading hypothesis is that they are from an interstellar meteor.

> Unlike most meteorites, originating from asteroids in our solar system, the spherules contain little or no nickel.

It would seem these fragments may not just be from space, but from beyond our own solar system.

Indeed, they're there because the US Space Force let it be known that a meteor was caught on their systems going faster than the escape velocity of the sun and impacted near where they are.

I still don't know how long they've got on this expedition. I do hope they find some bigger pieces, but given the speed and the atmosphere that may be impossible.

HN, unfortunately, is generally dismissive of this study and Avi Loeb in general.

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