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It's been a while since I checked in on the news to see if there was any update about Comet 3I/Atlas ~ that was what I was thinking last night as I was finishing up my post. It was already very late so I told myself I would do that the next day, and that's today.
In a happy act of Synchronicity, SpaceWeather.com had an update about 3I/Atlas! I had to nudge my lower jaw back into place when I read the article they had featured ~ after the massive fightback by "experts" to "debunk" speculations about Oumuamua (that it's an extra-terrestrial craft or device from an advanced civilisation) I did not expect SpaceWeather to be (albeit guardedly) featuring research that suggests 3I/Atlas has intelligent design and purpose instead of being a mere Comet, interstellar or otherwise.
Please read SpaceWeather's summary of Avi Loeb & Colleagues' research here:
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=22&month=07&year=2025
This is the same Avi Loeb who also said Oumuamua wasn't a comet ~ most of his fellow Scientists did not agree and proceeded to thoroughly debunk his theories.
I am far from an expert on such matters, but simple logic suggests to me that a "comet" of this size (24 km) and zipping across Space at over 60km/sec (216,000km/hr) may be on some sort of important mission. When it comes to Comets, I always ask about its payload. Of course I would also like to know who sent them 😁
Its trajectory looks like an intentional avoidance of colliding with Mars: |
| https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/ |
Recent research also implied that this is the oldest Comet we've seen:
Let's keep track. Namarie! 💜
P/S. I referred to this in my previous post about 3I/Atlas and I'll bring it up again here ~ Strange New Worlds: Children of the Comet. Brilliant story.
