The truth is out there: Top Harvard astronomer believes in extraterrestrial life
13 Mar, 2021 05:18 AM
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Artist s impression of Oumuamua . Photo / Supplied
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Professor Avi Loeb, the former chair of astrophysics at Harvard University, believes an object that passed through our solar system had extraterrestrial origins - but his colleagues largely disagreed.
In late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed a strange object soaring through our inner solar system.
The object - dubbed Oumuamua - was pancake-shaped and as big as a football field. It had no tail so wasn t a comet and it was moving too quickly to be an asteroid.