Harvard Professor Plans Another Expedition After New Analysis of IM1 Meteor Suggests Its Properties 'Can Be Naturally Explained'

Avi Loeb, the Harvard professor who claimed to have found the first proof of extraterrestrial life in the Pacific Ocean, is doing another expedition. He wanted to find a bigger portion of the much-talked IM1 meteor to learn more about it.

Alien-Hunting Harvard Physicist Plans Another Expedition

Scientists have revealed new information regarding metal shards that crashed in the Pacific in 2014, which allegedly originated outside of our solar system. The researchers discovered about 700 tiny metallic spheres while scouring the bottom of the coast of New Guinea in June. Of these, 57 were studied and found to have compositions that are not typical of the solar system.

According to the article, the characteristics emerged after the Earth-like planet veered off from a dwarf star's orbit, sending a debris stream into interstellar space. According to Loeb, during this occurrence, the crust of a rocky planet would melt, resulting in an abundance of beryllium, lanthanum, and uranium, which were discovered in the metallic spheres dredged up from the ocean's depths. The new research suggests a natural origin — the meteor's composition "can naturally be explained" — although Loeb hypothesized that numerous uncommon elements might have had a technical function.

He explained that uranium might have served as fuel in a fission reactor and that lanthanum could have been melted from semiconductors. Loeb revealed that he and his colleagues plan another expedition to learn more about the nature of the IM1 meteor. They want to find large pieces within the next nine months.

In a post on Medium, he wanted to know if the meteor was from a natural astrophysical environment and not a technological Voyager-like meteor from another civilization.

The analysis released in August revealed that the space rock contains multiple compositions that didn't match any natural or artificial alloys. The meteor is rich in lanthanum, uranium, and beryllium, with low concentrations of metals that bond to iron, such as rhenium, one of the rarest elements on Earth.

Loeb noted that although the elements were present on Earth, the patterns were not similar to the alloys observed on Earth, Mars, the moon, or any other occurring meteorites in the solar system. The previous study also noted that the abundance of BeLaU pattern observed in the spherules of IM1 "could have possibly originated from a highly differentiated planetary magma ocean."

What To Expect In Avi Loeb's Next Expedition?

If Loeb and his team plan to return to Papua New Guinea to recover other portions of the IM1 meteor, it may spark another international clash. During their first expedition, the government of Papua New Guinea accused Loeb's team of stealing the meteor from them.

Papua New Guinean officials are incensed at the removal of the scientific marvel, and many of them blame the crew for taking the alien item away without fully appreciating the benefits of such a finding to the country.

George Penua Polon, the deputy administrator of Manus Province, claimed. He claimed that Loeb's group entered and left in silence. He questioned whether or not what they learned was worthwhile. Given that it was discovered on their soil, he wondered if they had any claim to it or whether their scientific research would benefit.

Rob McCallum, a skilled ocean explorer and expedition leader, claims that although Loeb's team had applied for a marine science research permit, this does not cover objects from space.

McCallum said that as the project does not include the extraction of already-existing biological or geological material, conventional permitting procedures do not apply because it is unique in that it aims to locate, gather, and analyze information that "actually fell from the sky."

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