So what do you think about this 3iAtlas comet behaving weirdly in our Solar System?

[otherself]

Is it a Alien Spaceship sent to mankind, or just a comet up to mischief? A wrong 'un as they say.

 

[doctor-bond]

I still can’t shake ‘alien remnants’ ideas on Oumuamua (such a wierd shape/tumble and we moved into its space, and a chance encounter like that means statistically there should be lots of them ….) Comets though? We’re just getting better at spotting them.

 

[93hero]

I think we’ve only ever confirmed the existence of ‘interstellar’ objects three times and all three are in the past 8 years.

Are we getting better at spotting them or are the probes just starting to reach us?

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

 

[bagpuss]

Comet went bust years go . Old news .

 

[bagpuss]

I have told you all this before.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Science gets scared when it finds things that it doesn't know. Shakes the world view, which can be frightening. If we've only seen 2 previous interstellar objects, how can we be certain that this one is anomalous? The sample size is too small to make any conclusions.

 

[93hero]

Religion gets scared, science investigates.

 

[bagpuss]

If your called Dave your goose is cooked.

 

[CassidyAce]

'Comet 3I/ATLAS poses no threat to Earth and will remain far away. The closest it will approach our planet is about 1.8 astronomical units (about 170 million miles, or 270 million kilometers). 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to the Sun around Oct. 30, 2025, at a distance of about 1.4 au (130 million miles, or 210 million kilometers) — just inside the orbit of Mars.' https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/

Either that or the Vogons are clearing the way for an intergalactic highway.