There is no mystery about where the strangely fused and shining block of silicon came from - it came from space. The real mystery, and one Hawke's Bay astronomer Gary Sparks is seeking to solve, is what it came from. When Mr Sparks first set eyes on the once-molten lump of space debris he initially saw it as a chunk of ore of some sort. But closer examination showed it was not a naturally formed object. Read more