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‘Massive’ comet hurtling toward us is larger than previously thought, could be alien tech, scientist says: ‘It could change everything for us’
nypost.com ^
| Sep. 29, 2025
| Ben Cost
Posted on 09/29/2025 11:15:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN
We’re gonna need a bigger telescope.
Scientists have discovered that the 3I/ATLAS — a Manhattan-sized interstellar object that potentially has alien tech — is much larger than previously thought, according to a new report.
First discovered by NASA on July 1, the cosmic anomaly has been under watch by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb and his team as it shoots across the solar system. The object, which is believed to be a comet, reportedly has interstellar origins, making it the third ever object from beyond the solar system ever detected after ‘Oumuamua, which was discovered in 2017, and 2I/Borisov in 2019.
Now the team has gleaned some “sizable” new intel on the interstellar visitor, namely that the “mass of 3I/ATLAS must be bigger than 33 billion tons,” per a blog post by Loeb.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
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To: V_TWIN
Here’s a new twist on what’s on the confab agenda. Note Dave discusses what could happen when/if 3I/ATLAS hits Mars and sends debris hurling off into our solar system. Video about 10 minutes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GrTDHvkPYM
To: Red Badger
The object has grown 150%
What do we have that is bigger than 240 (missiles)?
Nothing sir
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posted on
09/29/2025 1:58:27 PM PDT
by
z3n
(Kakistocracy)
To: Night Hides Not
Supposedly the Indians did not understand what was going on, that from the Dutch perspective they were giving up their rights to the island.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
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posted on
09/29/2025 2:07:10 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
To: Empire_of_Liberty
Has to approach from some direction 🤷🏼♂️
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posted on
09/29/2025 2:10:03 PM PDT
by
TnTnTn
To: V_TWIN
It is heading towards Mars. Its closest approach to the Sun is just inside the orbit of Mars. Earth literally won’t see much of this because the comet is now on the other side of the Sun. Where do they get the nuts who write this tripe?
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posted on
09/29/2025 2:11:14 PM PDT
by
Nateman
(Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
To: tired&retired
Loeb is getting smarter.
Now he finds two more suckers to co-sign his nutty publications.
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posted on
09/29/2025 2:22:18 PM PDT
by
cgbg
("The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.")
To: TnTnTn
Certainly. But the odds seem low that it did NOT come from the solar system. There is lots of junk far out there orbiting the Sun that we cannot see, or don’t look for.
It may well leave our system on a non-orbital trajectory, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t come from one - just like Pioneer.
To: V_TWIN
“Mahattan sized” may be prophetic.
To: V_TWIN
MY FAMILY, MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS IN BUENOS AIRES!
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posted on
09/29/2025 2:43:31 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(Let it turn to something else, Mattyctory)
To: Jim Noble
Not everybody’s gonna get that reference bro! Lol!
A sci-fi fav of mine BTW. 😁
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posted on
09/29/2025 2:45:24 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(RIP Charlie Kirk)
To: V_TWIN
Wanna see how this is gonna turn out?
Read "Lucifer's Hammer" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Great reading, and quite prophetic.. an apocalyptical novel written in 1970's.
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posted on
09/29/2025 3:04:56 PM PDT
by
China Clipper
( Animals? I love animals. See? There's one there, right next to the potatoes!)
To: V_TWIN
Wanna see how this is gonna turn out?
Read "Lucifer's Hammer" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Great reading, and quite prophetic.. an apocalyptical novel written in 1970's.
93
posted on
09/29/2025 3:05:00 PM PDT
by
China Clipper
( Animals? I love animals. See? There's one there, right next to the potatoes!)
To: China Clipper
A nice bedtime read. Cannibals at the nuclear power plant - “Give my children the lighting!”
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
09/29/2025 6:33:10 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
To: V_TWIN
96
posted on
09/29/2025 6:33:10 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
09/29/2025 6:33:11 PM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
("The dawn cracks hard like a bull whip and it ain't taking no lip from the night before" Tom Waits)
To: Telepathic Intruder
Summer is over, Fall is upon us.
Pumpkin spice.
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posted on
09/29/2025 6:35:03 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Telepathic Intruder
Summer is over, Fall is upon us.
Pumpkin spice.
99
posted on
09/29/2025 6:35:09 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: China Clipper
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posted on
10/01/2025 2:23:04 AM PDT
by
BiteYourSelf
( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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