Loeb paper asks whether interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be alien technology
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Weeks after the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was found, Avi Loeb and two co-authors posted a non-peer-reviewed paper asking whether it could be alien technology. NASA describes it as a comet, and astronomers quoted in the press said the evidence points to a natural object.
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- OfficialComet 3I/ATLAS (opens in a new tab)
- FirsthandIs the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology? (arXiv:2507.12213) (opens in a new tab)
- PressHere we go again! Controversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguise (opens in a new tab)