3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1 "barreling toward the sun at more than 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h)," and is a confirmed "interstellar object," according to Live Science, but "initial observations ...

However, figuring out whether 3I/ATLAS is indeed an alien probe coming to visit our system isn't nearly as easy as it sounds. According to Webb, we'd start out by checking if the object has a ...

The researchers reckon that 3I/ATLAS's orbit is such that it would make it easier for a clever alien craft to sneak up on Earth undetected. They suggest that when it gets closest to the Sun ...

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".

The team is essentially flagging 3I/ATLAS as a candidate for alien technology and, perhaps alarmingly, as something that might actually pose an existential threat to humanity.

A draft scientific paper, dated July 22, has proposed that the object, 3I/ATLAS, might be alien technology and could make a surprise attack on our planet.

Rubin didn’t discover 3I/ATLAS but happened to snap dozens of pictures of the object, before and after its interstellar nature became apparent. Those images are already helping astronomers form ...