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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Vishwam Sankaran

Scientists give verdict on Harvard professor’s claim of finding materials in sea from outside Solar System

NASA, ESA, CSA

A Harvard scientist’s recent claim that strange spherical materials of interstellar origin have been found from under the ocean is “not convincing” yet and remains “inconsistent”, according to scientists.

Avi Loeb, a theoretical astrophysicist at Harvard University, grabbed headlines recently when he said “spheres” found on the sea floor off the coast of Papua New Guinea likely came from outside the Solar System and were carried by an interstellar object crashing on Earth in 2014.

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