Alien Attack in November? Scientists Warn of Incoming Mystery Object...Incoming object moving at 130,000 mph may be more than just a comet.

Daily Galaxy ^ | July 28, 2025 | Melissa Ait Lounis

[Dahoser]

[butlerweave]

looks gay

[Campion]

an arrival window near Earth projected for late November or early December 2025

Unless it deviates massively from its trajectory (which means, yeah, it's an alien spacecraft), its "arrival window near Earth" will still be 170 million miles away.

I do agree with the article that we (humanity) need to put more effort toward planetary defense. That is something where the UN could actually be helpful, but it would probably be more efficient for the major spacefaring nations to set up some sort of permanent working group to devise a plan or plans.

There's not much we can about something coming at us from outside the solar system at 150,000 mph, though. It's moving too fast and there's not enough warning time to set something up to intercept it. For reference, 150,000 mph is more than twice as fast as any manmade spacecraft has travelled.

[alancarp]

You’re right... I knew something seemed off when I typed that.

[dfwgator]

[Campion]

About 70% of the speed of light (186,000 mph).

The speed of light in a vacuum is 186,282 miles per SECOND, not per hour.

150,000 mph is nowhere near the speed of light.

[Magnum44]

[mykroar]

All Your Base Are Belong to Us

[glorgau]

I’ve already seen that movie.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

The real aliens have been here quite a while, and done some damage along the way.

[SaxxonWoods]

If it’s a comet, do we get a show?

[Magnum44]

[Palio di Siena]

They’re coming to take jasmine crockett back

[Red Badger]

It’ll take a while for it to warm up.................

[Red Badger]

Or make another delivery....................

[Jonty30]

No. It is (2/3 of the speed of light)/60.

About a bit more than 1% of the speed of light, about 1/90 the speed of light.

You forgot to carry the 2. :)

[Jonty30]

I’m still faster when I’m late for work.

[IYAS9YAS]

VGER is back and he’s pissed.

[SunkenCiv]

Strictly natural object 3I/Atlast is a rock that's moving too fast to be in orbit around our Sun.

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[MeanWestTexan]

1/5,163,600 of a light-year

So (assuming constant velocity) it would have taken approximately 21,887 years for an object traveling at 130,000 mph to reach Earth from Proxima Centauri (closest star at 4.24 light years).

Proxima doesn’t strike many as a likely candidate for life, so it would probably would have had to be sent sometime when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth.