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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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


81 posted on 09/29/2025 1:37:23 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: Red Badger
The object has grown 150%
What do we have that is bigger than 240 (missiles)?
Nothing sir


82 posted on 09/29/2025 1:58:27 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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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.


83 posted on 09/29/2025 2:02:49 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

84 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.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Has to approach from some direction 🤷🏼‍♂️


85 posted on 09/29/2025 2:10:03 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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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?


86 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.)
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To: tired&retired

Loeb is getting smarter.

Now he finds two more suckers to co-sign his nutty publications.


87 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.")
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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.


88 posted on 09/29/2025 2:23:07 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: V_TWIN

“Mahattan sized” may be prophetic.


89 posted on 09/29/2025 2:37:23 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: V_TWIN

MY FAMILY, MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS IN BUENOS AIRES!


90 posted on 09/29/2025 2:43:31 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Let it turn to something else, Mattyctory)
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To: Jim Noble

Not everybody’s gonna get that reference bro! Lol!

A sci-fi fav of mine BTW. 😁


91 posted on 09/29/2025 2:45:24 PM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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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.

92 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!)
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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!)
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To: China Clipper

A nice bedtime read. Cannibals at the nuclear power plant - “Give my children the lighting!”


94 posted on 09/29/2025 3:42:27 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: V_TWIN

Klaatu is coming


95 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)
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To: V_TWIN

Klaatu is coming


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)
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To: V_TWIN

Klaatu is coming


97 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)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Summer is over, Fall is upon us.

Pumpkin spice.


98 posted on 09/29/2025 6:35:03 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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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)
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To: China Clipper

That or “Footfall”🤔


100 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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