Late last year, astronomers detected the first known interstellar asteroid, dubbed ‘Oumuamua. New research suggests these exotic objects are more abundant than we thought, an observation that boosts the panspermia hypothesis – the idea that asteroids seeded life on Earth. At the same time, the presence of so many foreign…
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