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Harvard scientists discover 1st interstellar meteor to collide with Earth, US military confirms
Yesterday 11:45 AM
Researchers discovered the first known interstellar meteor to ever hit Earth, according to a recently released United States Space Command document. An interstellar meteor is a space rock that originates from outside our solar system — a rare occurrence.
This one is known as CNEOS 2014-01-08, and it crash-landed along the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea on Jan. 8, 2014.
The finding came as a surprise to Amir Siraj, who identified the object as an interstellar meteor in a 2019 study he coauthored while an undergraduate at Harvard University.
Siraj was investigating ʻOumuamua, the first known interstellar object in our solar system that was found in 2017, with Abraham Loeb, professor of science at Harvard University.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/harvard-scientists-discover-1st-interstellar-meteor-to-collide-with-earth-us-military-confirms/ar-AAWcXbd?li=BBnb7Kz