TLDR; they think it might be a interstellar comet.
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>A renowned physicist believes he's cracked the mystery of where a giant unidentified object hurtling through our solar system came from.
Harvard physicist Avi Loeb and student researcher Shokhruz Kakharov have traced the path of the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS to a thicker part of the Milky Way galaxy's disk, where older stars are found.
This 12-mile-wide visitor, traveling at 150,000 miles per hour, is now believed to be older than our sun, which is 4.6 billion years old.
'Simply put, 3I/ATLAS is among the elders in our cosmic block,' Loeb said.
While astronomers are still waiting for this high-speed giant to get closer to Earth, Loeb revealed that 3I/ATLAS is starting to show signs it may be a comet.
TLDR; they think it might be a interstellar comet.
Archive: https://archive.today/zP90s
From the post:
>>A renowned physicist believes he's cracked the mystery of where a giant unidentified object hurtling through our solar system came from.
Harvard physicist Avi Loeb and student researcher Shokhruz Kakharov have traced the path of the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS to a thicker part of the Milky Way galaxy's disk, where older stars are found.
This 12-mile-wide visitor, traveling at 150,000 miles per hour, is now believed to be older than our sun, which is 4.6 billion years old.
'Simply put, 3I/ATLAS is among the elders in our cosmic block,' Loeb said.
While astronomers are still waiting for this high-speed giant to get closer to Earth, Loeb revealed that 3I/ATLAS is starting to show signs it may be a comet.
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