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The detection of an extra-solar asteroid/comet/bolide reaching the inner solar system in a hyperbolic orbit confirms the existence of a continuing material link with alien planetary systems. The Aristotelean view that the Earth and life upon are isolated from the external universe is now further challenged.
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