Similar iron spheres can be found scattered across the area from Southeast Asia to Antarctica, originating from the impact of a colossal extraterrestrial object.
According to Universe Today, a new study led by Professor Avi Loeb from Harvard University (USA), who is renowned for his arguments and research on interstellar objects, reveals the surprising extraterrestrial origin of the small iron spheres discovered in the Pacific Ocean in 2014.
The iron spheres found in the Pacific Ocean originated from a collision with an extraterrestrial object – (Photo: AVI LOEB).
Measuring about 0.4 in diameter, these tiny spherical objects off the coast of Papua New Guinea were initially thought by Professor Loeb and his colleagues to be related to the interstellar object Oumuamua or its “friends.”
Oumuamua is the first object that scientists around the world have agreed is a “visitor” from outside the Solar System, characterized by its peculiar shape and erratic orbit.
It may resemble a cigar or a disc, according to calculations. Oumuamua wandered through the Solar System for some time before being discovered in 2017.
According to analyses led by Professor Loeb, it could be an unmanned spacecraft from an alien civilization, spying on other star systems.
Thus, when they found the iron spheres, they were extremely excited.
However, the new study just published by the team in Research Notes of the AAS has refuted their previous arguments regarding the origin of Oumuamua.
Nevertheless, the origin of these objects is incredibly fascinating: They are the “hybrids” of Earth and an extraterrestrial object.
Through detailed analysis of the material and the formation of the spheres, the authors found evidence of a significant event that occurred 790,000 years ago.
Among the most evident findings is the ratio of isotopes 57Fe and 56Fe, which aligns with objects resulting from collisions between meteorites and Earth.
The direct impact caused the materials of the Earth and the attacker to be shattered, melted, and mixed under extreme temperature and pressure conditions, creating unusual objects that no natural process on Earth could produce.
It is estimated that the collision scattered these spheres across a vast “tektite field”, stretching from Southeast Asia, across the Pacific Ocean to Oceania, and down to Antarctica.
