Science news this week: Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen
In this week's science news, we learned that the interstellar object hurtling through our solar system is the largest of its kind ever seen, while experts pushed back on a suggestion that 3i/atlas could be alien technology.3I/ATLAS is an extremely rare comet from outside our solar system. A new controversial paper, which has not been peer reviewed, explored the idea that 3I/ATLAS could be a piece of "possibly hostile" extraterrestrial technology in disguise. However, experts told Live Science the claims were "nonsense" and "insulting."
Meanwhile, in more Earthly matters, it's Shark Week. Discovery has been dishing out a week-long smorgasbord of shark-related programming every year since 1988. This time, the entertainment included a show about an unusual "black mako" hooked off the California coastwhile Live Science dove into the mystery of why sharks freeze when flipped...
