{"id":237376,"date":"2023-06-29T03:27:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T07:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=295560"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:49:09","slug":"harvard-scientists-are-searching-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-for-a-spaceship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/harvard-scientists-are-searching-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-for-a-spaceship\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep-Sea Exploration: Harvard Scientists Dive into the Ocean in Search of a Mysterious Spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UFO hunter from Harvard University <strong>believes that he and his team may have recovered tiny fragments of an interstellar visitor at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean<\/strong>, but there are still many reasons for skepticism. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/some-tourists-paid-250-000-e-to-visit-the-titanic-in-a-submarine-and-they-have-disappeared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We are all the Titan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"NASA App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/2cddcc48-a4d6-11e6-88af-00163ec9f5fa\/3678680588\/nasa-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">NASA App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/nasa-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a report by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20230626-the-underwater-search-for-an-alien-object\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC<\/a>, <strong>the tireless astronomer from Harvard, Avi Loeb, has found what he believes could be fragments of an alien meteor using his &#8220;interstellar hook,&#8221;<\/strong> a tentacle-shaped device he invented that scrapes the ocean floor to collect possible samples of interstellar rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Loeb has made a name for himself in his search for artifacts that could belong to an extraterrestrial civilization<\/strong>. Although he may be more famous for his theories surrounding the interstellar object &#8216;Oumuamua, which flew past Earth in October 2017, the latest anomaly in question, nicknamed IM1, fell into the Pacific Ocean in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A team including Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb may have just found a trace of an interstellar object, which Loeb believes could be alien in origin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HqE3lo16em\">https:\/\/t.co\/HqE3lo16em<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Motherboard (@motherboard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/motherboard\/status\/1673127699764707330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A meteor that arrived from outside our Solar System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loeb firmly believes that it originated from outside our Solar System due to the incredible speed at which it crashed into our seas, a location later confirmed by the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#8217;s not all. <strong>Loeb argues that the meteorite could represent alien civilization&#8217;s technology<\/strong>, an unlikely theory that will not leave his colleagues indifferent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But did he and his team actually find evidence of the interstellar origins of the object, or were they simply searching through the remains at the bottom of the ocean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"El misterio del primer objeto interestelar finalmente explicado\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jpbjXGl1668?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, <strong>Loeb and his team set sail aboard a ship serendipitously named the Silver Star to take a ride with their interstellar hook<\/strong>. On June 21, they seemed to hit the mark when they found small spherical fragments called &#8220;spherules,&#8221; composed of a peculiar mixture of iron, magnesium, and titanium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although <strong>Loeb appears confident that these tiny fragments, measuring just one-third of a millimeter in size, come from IM1<\/strong>, other scientists remain skeptical and point out that spherules can also be created by terrestrial processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Marc Fries, a NASA cosmic dust curator, explained to the BBC that tiny metallic spherules are very common on Earth. &#8216;They come from car exhaust pipes, vehicle brakes, welding, volcanoes, and probably some other sources we haven&#8217;t identified.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not to mention that they <strong>could have been fragments from the hundreds of other meteorites that rain down on us every year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oumuamua, el primer asteroide interestelar, asombra a los cient\u00edficos | Materia\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ehDUE_8InYw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that hasn&#8217;t perturbed Loeb, who has since insisted on his blog that the &#8220;anomalous&#8221; composition of the spherules makes them a good candidate for having interstellar origins, though he acknowledges that further investigation is needed to determine what makes them so special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And who knows? 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