3I/ATLAS Scientist Avi Loeb Says Interstellar Comet 'Mothership' Could Be Releasing 'Mini Probes' in Coming Days

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has renewed speculation about the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS ahead of its ...

Scientist warns of 'black swan event' as mystery 'alien spaceship' to reach Earth today

3I/ATLAS is a comet which was detected by the boffins over at NASA on 1 July, with researchers at the Asteroid ...
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3I/Atlas reaches its closest point to the Sun today — here’s what to expect from the mysterious interstellar comet

Contextualizing speed and distance helps set expectations. Around perihelion, 3I/Atlas is moving at roughly 68 km per second. Its closest approach to Earth is about 1.8 AU, near December 19, which is ...