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2025-10-31 Science & Technology
British astrophysicist Loeb: Comet 3I/ATLAS could be controlled from the outside
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[Regnum] The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, traveling through the Solar System, is traveling along an anomalous trajectory with non-gravitational acceleration, which may indicate it may be an alien probe. This was announced on October 29 by Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb.

According to the scientist, if the comet is an alien spacecraft, the object could use the Sun's gravity to slow down before approaching Earth. While hiding behind the star, it could launch miniature reconnaissance probes.

Loeb noted that perihelion (the closest point to the Sun in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body in the solar system) will be a crucial test for 3I/ATLAS.

"If this is a natural comet, heating at 770 watts per square meter could destroy it. However, if 3I/ATLAS was manufactured, as indicated by its high nickel content relative to iron, it could initiate maneuvers or launch mini-probes. Other signs of artificial origin could include artificial glow or excess heat from its engine," he wrote in a blog post on Medium.

The astrophysicist asserted that the interstellar object exhibits a number of surprising features that are unlike typical cometary behavior. 3I/ATLAS has an antitail—a stream of particles directed toward, rather than away from, the Sun. The comet also has a plume ejecting nickel at a rate of four grams per second.

Furthermore, according to Loeb, the object is moving with non-gravitational acceleration along an anomalous trajectory, leading to suspicious encounters with Jupiter, Venus, and Mars. All these factors, the scientist believes, suggest that 3I/ATLAS is an alien probe heading toward Earth.

Earlier, on October 25, Loeb also suggested that the space object in question could be an extraterrestrial reconnaissance object. He claimed that 3I/ATLAS, moving through the solar system, could be an extraterrestrial Trojan horse, whose presence would have serious consequences for all of humanity.
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Posted by badanov 2025-10-31 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1823 views ]  Top

1 They never can say - "we don't know". A wise man knows he doesn't know everything.
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-10-31 06:09||   2025-10-31 06:09|| Front Page Top

2 fwiw, the comet reached periheliom on 29 October, so it is now on its way out of the solar system but on the way out, it's closest approach to the earth will be mid December
Posted by Lord Garth 2025-10-31 09:07||   2025-10-31 09:07|| Front Page Top

3 Also, as near as I can determine, Loeb has not proposed a testable hypothesis for determining whether 3I/Atlas is not a natural phenomenon.

For some reason, 3I/Atlas seems to have lots of nickel but no iron. But no one can see how that points to a non natural phenomenon unless a civilization is getting rid of its 5 cent coinage
Posted by Lord Garth 2025-10-31 09:38||   2025-10-31 09:38|| Front Page Top

4 Too bad NASA can't put an 'explorer' instrument package on this free ride.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-10-31 10:02||   2025-10-31 10:02|| Front Page Top

5 Live Action Remake of Armageddon, starring Mark Kelly?
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-10-31 12:50||   2025-10-31 12:50|| Front Page Top

6 But seriously, if we can't bug it, can't we at least nuke it? For The Science? Or how about colonizing it with a state of the art AI-bot8c "ant farm" mandated to phone home (or not)? With hidden nuclear self-destruct, natch.
Posted by Clins Crart7190 2025-10-31 16:06||   2025-10-31 16:06|| Front Page Top

7 ^5^6

why would we want to nuke it?

just let it leave the solar system
Posted by Lord Garth 2025-10-31 17:08||   2025-10-31 17:08|| Front Page Top

8 They came looking for sapience. Found none and left.😰
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-10-31 17:38||   2025-10-31 17:38|| Front Page Top

9 Between now and December, when they have the closest approach to Earth, they're rolling up their windows and locking the doors.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2025-10-31 17:56||   2025-10-31 17:56|| Front Page Top

10 Why not? Pathetic Atlasians. Hurling their bodies out into the void, without the slightest inkling of who or what is out there. If they had known anything about the true nature of Earth, anything at all, they would have hid from it in terror.
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-10-31 18:13||   2025-10-31 18:13|| Front Page Top

11  when they have the closest approach to Earth, they're rolling up their windows and locking the doors.

In certain parts of Detroit, it is common for truck drivers to not stop at red lights after dark. You will notice the (alleged) aliens show no signs of stopping.

PSA from the Interstellar Safety Council Danger:Humans
Posted by SteveS 2025-10-31 18:43||   2025-10-31 18:43|| Front Page Top

12 It should be noted that NASA is refusing to release any photos, radar and scans it has.

That tells us something. What I don't know.
Posted by Woodrow 2025-10-31 19:15||   2025-10-31 19:15|| Front Page Top

13 #7 why would we want to nuke it?

Just to see what does and doesn't happen, both out there and down here? Politics, logistics, maybe even physics. Dry run for when our descendants have to do it for real. Or just for fun. Who doesn't like fireworks?
Posted by Clins Crart7190 2025-10-31 21:14||   2025-10-31 21:14|| Front Page Top

14 It should be noted that NASA is refusing to release any photos, radar and scans it has.

-leans in-

Every thousand years, I test each life system in the Universe. I visit it with mysteries, earthquakes, unpredicted eclipses, strange craters in the wilderness... If these are taken as natural, I judge that system ignorant and harmless - I spare it. But if the Hand of Ming is recognized in these events, I judge that system dangerous to us. I call upon the great god Dyzan, and for his greater glory...and for our mutual pleasure...I destroy it utterly.
Posted by swksvolFF 2025-10-31 22:01||   2025-10-31 22:01|| Front Page Top

15 #9 Between now and December, when they have the closest approach to Earth, they're rolling up their windows and locking the doors.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2


Snark o' the day
Posted by badanov 2025-10-31 22:07||   2025-10-31 22:07|| Front Page Top

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