Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Emily Shaw

Scientists Spot First Alien Space Rock

Astronomers have spotted some kind of space rock that has been the first ever to visit our solar system from another. It had set up a large scramble to point a telescope at the fast moving object before it had disappeared from sight. it is quite small--about less than a quarter of a mile in diameter--and seems to have come from the constellation Lyra. it didn't move how regular comets and asteroids do, however. different stars have different chemical compositions, so scientists are wondering if it had come from and produces material similar to the planet-making stuff of our own.

It is always interesting reading about brand new discoveries in any field of science, especially with a first time occurrence. I can't wait to read more about it in the future and seeing how this information and gathering will further lead us to even more scientific first-time discoveries in the future.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/26/560278537/scientists-spot-first-alien-space-rock-in-our-solar-system

2 comments:

  1. Selah Hunter

    (Crosses fingers*) please be aliens, please be aliens.
    Ok so I this is so interesting, just think how this new information will shape our world and America in general. This is kinda like the race to the moon, when man kind realized they could reach out of space. There could be new discoveries that happens on this one little floating rocks in outer space. Just OMG.
    That’s so cool!

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  2. There are lots of historical events to relate this to. Remember to make the connection to US history.

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