ScienceNew Study Warns Mysterious Space Object

Mysterious Visitor from Deep Space

A newly discovered interstellar object, named 3I/ATLAS, is racing toward the sun at over 130,000 mph.

Spotted on July 1, it was quickly confirmed to be from outside our solar system.

While most scientists believe it’s a comet, a trio of researchers, including Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, suggest it might be an alien spacecraft.

Alien Hypothesis Raises Eyebrows

In a paper published on arXiv, Loeb and colleagues proposed that 3I/ATLAS could be “a disguised piece of alien spy gear.”

They note its unusual speed and trajectory, which differs from past interstellar objects like ʻOumuamua. “Various benefits to an extraterrestrial intelligence” could explain these features, Loeb wrote in his blog.