Found strange meteorites outside the Solar System: Suspect alien remnants

On April 17, 2020, David Bryant (a meteorite supplier) received an item from a patron. It's called NWA 869 . However, this meteorite was unlike any specimen David had encountered before.

Regarding the origin of meteorites, we can summarize as follows:

The Solar System condensed from a cloud of dust and gas known as the Solar Nebula about five billion years ago. The first solids were spheres called chondrules. They bind together over several million years to form increasingly large clumps. Over time, planets form. About 4.5 billion years ago, eight major planets and other celestial bodies made up the Solar System.

The gaps between the orbits of the eight major planets are filled with debris left over from their earliest days. In addition, an area between Mars and Jupiter contains thousands of smaller planetary bodies known as asteroids. They occasionally collide and launch extra pieces of rock and metal into the Solar System.

If one of these pieces of debris collided with the Earth, it would heat up more than 6,000 degrees Celsius due to friction with the atmosphere. This is the cause of the formation of the familiar shooting stars or meteorites that we can see at night. If the meteorite is large enough, it could be left on the Earth's surface.

The meteorite referred to here is NWA 869 . It came from a large field and is the 869th meteorite to be discovered in Northwest Africa.

When David was handling NWA 869, he suddenly noticed a metallic sheen. What makes it special is that the thing that emits the light is a small cylinder about 6mm in diameter. It was then sent to the University of East Anglia for microscopic and spectroscopic examination.

Preliminary results indicate that the silver cylinder is composed of a special mineral that has not been discovered before.

Because the meteorite itself formed several hundred million years before the planets, scholars have raised the question: Who created it, and where did it originate before becoming part of the Solar Nebula? ?

Meteorite NWA 869. (Image: David Bryant)

The most supported theory is that the meteorite may have originated from a planet orbiting a Cluster 2 star that exploded a few billion years before our Solar System formed. Since the oldest star was formed 10 billion years ago - twice as long as the Sun - it is very likely that there existed a civilization that we have never known.

From these bases, scientists believe that it is very likely that there is life in the universe. Meteorite NWA 869 may be one of the remnants.

It reinforced the idea that we might find signs of extraterrestrials in the future. However, this is just an initial hypothesis, experts still need more work and research to draw accurate conclusions.