Harvard scientists discover 1st interstellar meteor to collide with Earth, US military confirms
One researcher called the meteor the "holy grail of interstellar objects."
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One researcher called the meteor the "holy grail of interstellar objects."
Researchers discovered the first known interstellar meteor to ever hit Earth, according to a recently relea...
According to the U.S. Space Command, a "unified combatant command" of the U.S. Department...
ANKARA - US Space Command on Wednesday confirmed that scientists discovered the first known interstellar meteor to ever hit the Earth. The meteor, which is known as CNEOS 2014-01-08, crash-landed along the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea on Jan. 8, 2014, CNN quoted a US Space Command document as saying. The finding came as a surprise for Amir Siraj, who identified the object as an interstellar meteor in a 2019 study he co-authored while an undergraduate at Harvard University, the media outlet reported. Siraj was working with Harvard University's Abraham Loeb, a professor of science, to...
An interstellar meteor likely preceded the only other known object to enter Earth's solar system from beyond the galaxy.