Incoming ‘comet’ may be alien and a threat to humanity, Harvard astronomer says

Incoming ‘comet’ may be alien and a threat to humanity, astronomer says

Harvard University professor says encounter could be ‘a blind date of interstellar proportions’

An interstellar comet barrelling through the solar system towards Earth at 60km a second could be alien technology, a leading astronomer has suggested.

Harvard University astronomer Professor Avi Loeb said the object known as 3I/Atlas had eight “anomalies” that together made a strong case against it simply being a natural comet.