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How We Know Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is Not An Alien Mothership

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Wired

The First Radio Signal From Comet 3I/Atlas Ends the Debate About Its Nature

More evidence has emerged to support the natural origin of comet 3I/Atlas. After several weeks of conspiracy theories, social media debates, and speculation on popular podcasts such as Joe Rogan's, ...
New York Post

‘Set of jets’ surrounding 3I/ATLAS could be used ‘for navigation of a spacecraft’ — as second interstellar object is spotted in the sky

3I/ATLAS is surrounded by “a complex jet structure,” new images show, sparking fresh speculation that the Manhattan-sized interstellar object could be an artificial alien craft. The images, captured ...
Live Science

Is it aliens? Here's why that's the least important question about 3I/ATLAS.

Conspiracy theories have raged about 3I/ATLAS being an unnatural object. But the alien question, while fun, generates misinformation and distracts from the science. When you purchase through links on ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Think This Space Object Could Be From a Dead Civilization

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Object Arjuna 2025 PN7 was thought to be a meteorite in an Earthlike orbit, but that is now being questioned. The new hypothesis suggests that 2025 ...
The Conversation

Is it aliens? Why that’s the least important question about interstellar objects

Laura Nicole Driessen is an ambassador for the Orbit Centre of Imagination at the Rise and Shine Kindergarten, in Sydney's Inner West. On October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS reached its closest point to the ...
Futurism

Nine Reasons This Scientist Is Suspicious the Object Screaming Past the Sun Is a City-Sized Alien Spacecraft

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has argued at length that 3I/ATLAS — the third-ever interstellar object ever detected, currently screaming through the solar system at incredible speed — could be an ...
Detroit Free Press

Is comet 3I/Atlas a space ship? What to know about Harvard professor's theory

A rare interstellar object is hurtling toward the sun and, despite viral claims, experts say it's just a normal comet, although it's showing some unexpected behavior. 3I/Atlas marks the third ...
New York Post

Manhattan-sized space object 3I/ATLAS has grown a tail — a possible sign of alien ‘maneuver’: Harvard scientist

New images reveal the Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has started to sport a tail, indicating that it could possibly be a “maneuvering” alien craft, one Harvard scientist suggested. After ...
Futurism

Astronomer Suspects Mysterious Object Is Up to No Good While It’s Hidden Behind the Sun: “If You Want to Take a Vacation, Take It Before Then”

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to reach its perihelion, or the closest point to the Sun in its highly eccentric path through our solar system, on October 29. Earlier this week, it reached ...
Live Science

New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show giant 'jet' shooting toward the sun

The image was shared to the transient object monitoring site The Astronomer's Telegram on Oct. 15 but has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed study. The composite image of interstellar comet ...