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Last month, astronomers made an exciting discovery, observing an interstellar object — only the third ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system. The object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, has caught the attention of Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who has a long track record of making controversial predictions about previous interstellar objects being relics from an extraterrestrial civilization. While …

Last month, astronomers made an exciting discovery, observing an interstellar object — only the third ever observed — hurtling toward the center of the solar system. The object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, has caught the attention of Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who has a long track record of making controversial predictions about previous interstellar objects being relics from an extraterrestrial civilization. While …

At first, the dot looked like any other star. Then the astrophysicists switched to polarized light and found themselves looking at an entirely unexpected sight. “Everything else disappeared, even the bright central black hole, and only this little dot remained,” Elena Shablovinskaia, an astrophysicist at Universidad Diego Portales in Chile and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, …

Press enter or click to view image in full size A panoramic image of the 100 billion stars in the Milky-Way galaxy. (Image credit: ESO/S. Brunier) Let us imagine for a moment that the new interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS is a spacecraft, guided to send mini-probes that will arrive at Earth and other planets in the coming months. Given the limited …

NASA’s Perseverance rover has added to its trove of curious finds, as the space agency published a photo of a rock on the surface of Mars that looks like a centuries-old helmet. The rock has a pointed peak, a flared “brim,” and textures that could lead reasonable observers to compare it to a witch’s hat or a tent. The texture …

Harvard scientist Avi Loeb has proposed that researchers send a six-word message to a mysterious space object called 3I/ATLAS while we still have a chance. Loeb has been vocal about doing further research on 3I/ATLAS since it was first reported by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile on July 1, 2025. NASA has classified the object as …

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have stumbled upon a powerful and mysterious astrophysical object in the NGC 4945 galaxy, which lies about 11 million light-years away from Earth. This enigmatic object, dubbed “Punctum,” has sparked a flurry of curiosity and debate among astronomers. First identified by a team led by Elena Shablovinskaia of the Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos at the …

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed 3I/ATLAS, only the third known object from outside our Solar System to visit our neighborhood. This interstellar interloper is putting on quite a show as it approaches the Sun, revealing secrets about visitors from the depths of space. 3I/ATLAS is clearly active at 3.8 astronomical units as it approaches the Sun, showing …

A bewilderingly powerful mystery object found in a nearby galaxy and only visible so far in millimeter radio wavelengths could be a brand new astrophysical object unlike anything astronomers have seen before. The object has been named ‘Punctum,’ derived from the Latin pūnctum meaning “point” or “dot,” by a team of astronomers led by Elena Shablovinskaia of the Instituto de …

NASA shares thrilling update on the mysterious interstellar object racing through our solar system  The Times of India Image reveals unprecedented view of the third interstellar object observed passing through our solar system  CNN 3I/ATLAS: The third interstellar object ever found  The Planetary Society Should We Message 3I/ATLAS?  Avi Loeb – Medium NASA’s Hubble telescope reveals most detailed photos of interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS to …