The U.S. Space Command confirmed with almost near certainty, 99.999%, that the material came from another solar system.
  • Deathcrow@lemmy.mlEnglish
    381·
    1 year ago

    Meh, there’s plenty of naturally occurring things, that look ‘artificial’ to the human eye at first glance.

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    Some metallic spheres after entry of a meteoroid into earths atmosphere are not enough unless you explain how they couldn’t have formed naturally.

    • atan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      My understanding is that metallic spherules from iron meteorites would be expected to include nickel. The absence of nickel in iron containing spherules like these would usually indicate a non-natural source i.e. human technology. The speed and trajectory of the meteor which may be the source, however, indicates an interstellar origin.

      I believe that initial analyses of these spherules has revealed an absence of nickel.

      The spherules were recovered from areas in the expected debris zone; none were recovered from the surrounding, control zones.

  • Walt J. Rimmer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    1 year ago

    The U.S. Space Command confirmed with almost near certainty, 99.999%, that the material came from another solar system.

    Yeah, but… Lots of things come to us from other solar systems given enough time. Just naturally. Is it alien? Yes! But that’s nothing special. Is it technology? I mean. Probably not. This is almost certainly a non-story. If the headline read something like, “Harvard professor studying extra-solar fragments,” it would be just as interesting to anyone who actually cares. But that group is very niche. As it is, the headline we get is eye-catching but stupid and malicious.

  • Hairypooper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Loeb is a nutjob. He’ll claim anything is proof of alien life as long as it gives him media attention.

    • MammyWhammy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      From the article:

      “The research and analysis is just beginning at Harvard. Loeb is trying to understand if the spherules are artificial or natural.”

      So very much what you said, Loeb saying things to grab headlines.

  • Archmage Azor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I think if you drop molten metal into water a lot of it will form spheres. Not all of it, but that didn’t in this case either. This guy just ignored the non-spherical bits of metal. The coloration of them also shows it’s been heated.

  • spinnetrouble@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    71·
    1 year ago

    You know what this tells me? It tells me that Dr. Avi Loeb would touch space goo and press any button placed in front of him. Hasn’t he read/watched The Expanse?! 😂

      • spinnetrouble@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’m picturing someone struggling to hold on to their last vestiges of human consciousness while getting ready to blast blue-brown vomit everywhere. “Worth… it…,” he manages to rasp out, before collapsing to the ground to watch as his hands detach and skitter their way over to an instrument panel to begin their own Work.

  • 001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    47·
    1 year ago

    Soon: “US Officials declares the reports of alien technology being found as untrue. Harvard Professor Avi Loeb dies of an accident.”