Oldest Comet Ever Seen Heading for Sun Reignites Wild Alien Theories
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has gained significant attention from the scientific community and the public.
It is the third space rock observed flying into our solar system from interstellar space, after 'Oumumua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.
3I/ATLAS, observed by the Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest interstellar object observed in our solar system and will reach its closest point to the Sun this week.
Harvard professor Avi Loeb claims it could be an alien spacecraft
The scientific community is more interested in the implications of such a large space rock flying through our cosmic neighborhood.
Author's summary: Comet 3I/ATLAS sparks alien theories.