Comet 3I/ATLAS: Spurious reports claim that an alien spaceship might have entered our solar system

A comet from another solar system has given rise to reports that it is in fact an alien spaceship.

The comet – named 3I/ ATLAS – was discovered this summer and led to excitement because it appears to be an interstellar comet, which has made its way to us from another solar system. It is only the third visitor of its kind, and this time scientists have been able to track its journey and study its characteristics in particular detail.

But some have suggested that tracking indicates that the comet is in fact artificial in origin, a spacecraft from alien life in another solar system. Avi Loeb, a professor at Harvard University, has claimed that the comet is moving in ways that suggest it could be performing manoeuvres as it flies around the solar system.

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