Tag: Spherules

Wonderful news! For the first time in history, scientists analyzed materials from a meter-size object that originated from outside the solar system. The object lit up the sky over the Pacific Ocean nearly a decade ago and its bright fireball was tracked by US government satellites. It has been my...

On 8 January 2014, US government satellite sensors detected three atmospheric detonations in rapid succession about 84 kilometers north of Manus Island, outside the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea. Analysis of the trajectory suggested an interstellar origin of the meteor. The object...