For context, I have had three distinct, dotted marks on my right hand since birth. My ancestry is approximately 70% Native American, 25% European, and 5% African. My grandmother, who was of Afro-Mayan ancestry, had a similar mark on her left thigh. I remember her pointing out the resemblance when I was about twelve years old. That was as far as our conversation ever went, and unfortunately, she has since passed away. Even so, that brief exchange has remained with me, taking on a significance...

3/ The artificial explanation has a known precedent because in 2002, astronomers found another object temporarily orbiting Earth and initially treated it as a possible asteroid. Spectroscopy later detected titanium-dioxide paint on its surface. The object, J002E3, was later identified as the third stage of the Saturn V rocket used to launch Apollo 12 in '69. Old space hardware doesn't always stay close to Earth. A rocket stage or a discarded panel can enter an orbit around the Sun similar to...