Loeb: 3I/ATLAS Could Outpace Voyager To Stars In 8,000 Years

Loeb: 3I/ATLAS Could Outpace Voyager To Stars In 8,000 Years

When NASA launched Voyager 1 in 1977, it became humanity's boldest attempt to reach the stars. Nearly half a century later, Voyager 1 is still going. It is the most distant human-made object ever built, carrying the famous Golden Record and drifting through interstellar space at about 17 kilometres per second. But here's the humbling truth: even at that speed, Voyager would need around 28,000 years to reach another star system. Nature, it turns …

Avi Loeb Pauses His Interstellar Classification Scale As 3I/ATLAS Moves Toward Jupiter’s Gravitational Gate

As data from Earth’s closest encounter awaits release, the interstellar visitor advances toward a decisive test inside Jupiter’s realm. The data window that matters most is still sealed. The scientist most closely associated with the anomaly has chosen to wait. And the object itself is heading toward a gravitational threshold that could change everything. By New analysis of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as Avi Loeb pauses his scale and the object

Updating the Loeb Classification Scale of 3I/ATLAS

The Loeb scale ranks interstellar objects on a scale between 0 for natural icy rocks (comets or asteroids) to 10 for alien technology that is a potential threat to humanity. The Loeb classification was quantified in two peer-reviewed publications, available here and here. This quantitative…