US EditionHere We Go Again! Controversial Paper Questions Whether Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Is 'Possibly Hostile' Alien Tech in Disguise
SOLAR SYSTEM, JUL 22 – Harvard physicist Avi Loeb argues 3I/ATLAS's unusual features suggest it may be alien technology with a 0.005% chance of random planetary alignment, challenging its comet classification.
- On July 1, astronomers detected the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which some researchers suggest may have a non-natural origin, raising questions about its nature.
- In a new paper, Loeb and co-authors questioned whether 3I/ATLAS is an alien probe, building on his prior suggestion that 'Oumuamua may be alien technology.'
- Traveling at 245,000 km/h, its orbit brings it within 0.65 au of Venus, 0.19 au of Mars, and 0.36 au of Jupiter, with a 0.005 percent chance of that triple encounter.
- Richard Moissl, Head of Planetary Defence at the European Space Agency, said, 'There have been no signs pointing to non-natural origins of 3I/ATLAS in the available observations.'
- Avi Loeb notes that on October 29, it will reach perihelion, hidden from Earth's view, and finds this timing suspicious.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?
19 Articles
19 Articles
Avi Loeb has done so again. The appearance of 3I/Atlas, in fact, the third interstellar object detected by man, has given new ammunition to Harvard’s famous astrophysicist to fuel his controversial theses. And although astronomers believe that it could be a comet, Loeb, in collaboration with Adam Hibberd and Adam Crowl, both members of the London Interstellar Studies Initiative, has just raised in a new study the intriguing possibility that 3I/A…
·Spain
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources19
Leaning Left0Leaning Right2Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution78% Center
Bias Distribution
- 78% of the sources are Center
78% Center
C 78%
R 22%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
