US Edition3I/ATLAS Enters Solar Conjunction, Scientists Debate if Comet is Natural
Europa Clipper and ESA's Hera spacecraft will attempt to sample ions from 3I/ATLAS's ion tail during a rare alignment, offering unique data on this unusual interstellar comet.
- On Oct. 29, 3I/ATLAS reaches perihelion at 126 million miles as researchers predict increased activity will broaden its ion tail during the Oct. 30–Nov. 6 Europa Clipper spacecraft alignment.
- On October 21, an alleged European Space Agency Space Debris Engineer posted claims of a cover-up, alleging the object emits an `engine-like sound` and data were handed immediately to NASA under new secrecy agreements.
- Keck II observations found cyanide and nickel emissions pointing toward the Sun, and Michael Busch of UCLA explains the anti-tail as a fast-spinning nucleus ejecting large dust grains.
- Hera will pass through the downstream flow between Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 but lacks charged-particle instruments, while Europa Clipper faces activation risks from the U.S. government shutdown.
- Debate intensifies as Avi Loeb outlines an engineered 'mothership' Oberth-style maneuver citing a 0.36 au change and 68 km/s, but SETI and Tom Statler say it resembles known comets.
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Next month, an ESA space probe will observe and possibly teach us more about the object 3I/ATLAS, which is currently passing through our solar system at dizzying speed.
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ESA Insider Shocks Space Community: 3I/ATLAS 'Not a Comet' but a Stable, Engine-Powered Object, Leak Suggests
A purported ESA whistleblower leak suggests 3I/ATLAS has an 'engine-like sound.' Read the shocking claims of an alien object and a coordinated NASA/ESA cover-up.
Weirdo Comet 3I/ATLAS Grew a Tail That Points Toward the Sun
3I/ATLAS, the (possibly) normal comet that could also (maybe) be aliens from deep space, is pumping out gas and dust as it melts in the sunlight. It’s also growing a tail that points away from the Sun as it moves through our solar system. You don’t have to know a whole lot about how comets work to understand that that’s weird, which is just par for the course for 3I/ATLAS. Everything it does is odd, which is why there are wild theories about its…
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