Alien technology and fossils from a BILLION years ago could be lurking on Moon, top Harvard astronomer claims
HEAPS of alien bones may be sitting on the Moon just waiting to be discovered. That’s the bonkers claim made by one top scientist, who reckons that if extraterrestrial life ever crashed on the Moon, its remains are probably still there. Professor Abraham Loeb, chair of astronomy at the prestigious Harvard University, says lunar missions […]
HEAPS of alien bones may be sitting on the Moon just waiting to be discovered.
That’s the bonkers claim made by one top scientist, who reckons that if extraterrestrial life ever crashed on the Moon, its remains are probably still there.
Professor Abraham Loeb, chair of astronomy at the prestigious Harvard University, says lunar missions could be vital to our search for alien life.
Its surface would perfectly preserve fossils of alien creatures from a distant star system – or even the technology they used to get here.
“It would be tantalising to find microfossils of extraterrestrial forms of life on the Moon,” Professor Loeb wrote in Scientific American on Wednesday.
“Even more exciting would be to find traces of technological equipment that crashed on the lunar surface a billion years ago, amounting to a letter from an alien civilisation saying, ‘We exist’.”
Professor Loeb, 57, has written four books and more than 700 research articles on astrophysics across a career spanning three decades.
He regularly comments on aliens and other space phenomenon, famously speculating that an interstellar object that passed through the Solar System in 2017 was an alien spacecraft.
According to the Israeli scientist, regular Moon missions – of which Nasa alone plans to launch a dozen by 2030 – could give us a solid chance of finding evidence of aliens.
With no atmosphere or geological activity like earthquakes to destroy ancient artefacts, ET fossils or technology left behind by space crashes could last thousands of years on the satellite.
Nasa also has plans to build a permanent base on the Moon starting in 2028.
Astronauts living on the outpost will drill for ice at the lunar south pole and test technology to be used for the first manned trips to Mars.
Professor Loeb urged Nasa to also look for evidence of aliens.
The Moon – our closest neighbour explained
Here's what you need to know...
- The Moon is a natural satellite – a space-faring body that orbits a planet
- It’s Earth’s only natural satellite, and is the fifth biggest in the Solar System
- The Moon measures 2,158 miles across, roughly 0.27 times the diameter of Earth
- Temperatures on the Moon range from minus 173 degrees Celcius to 260 degrees Celcius
- Experts assumed the Moon was another planet, until Nicolaus Copernicus outlined his theory about our Solar System in 1543
- It was eventually assigned to a “class” after Galileo discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610
- The Moon is believed to have formed around 4.51billion years ago
- The strength of its gravitational field is about a sixth of Earth’s gravity
- Earth and the Moon have “synchronous rotation”, which means we always see the same side of the Moon – hence the phrase “dark side of the Moon”
- The Moon’s surface is actually dark, but appears bright in the sky due to its reflective ground
- During a solar eclipse, the Moon covers the Sun almost completely. Both objects appear a similar size in the sky because the Sun is both 400 times larger and farther
- The first spacecraft to reach the Moon was in 1959, as part of the Soviet Union’s Lunar program
- The first manned orbital mission was Nasa’s Apollo 8 in 1968
- And the first manned lunar landing was in 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission
“The opportunity to discover signs of extraterrestrial life provides a new scientific incentive for a sustainable base on the lunar surface,” he wrote.
“The moon is well known for its romantic appeal, but astrobiology offers a twist on this notion.
“Here’s hoping that the moon will inform our civilisation that we are not alone and that someone else is waiting for us out there.”
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