3I/Atlas

[Jonmx]

I couldn't see a dedicated thread anywhere on this, and despite my trolling inclination to put it in NP&E with a statement that aliens are coming, I thought this a better location. The whole thing is fascinating to me, and clearly it's put the cat among the pigeons in the scientific community. My ex was a doctor of quantum physics who shared office space with astrophysicists with whom I once had a conversation about how I'd build an interstellar spaceship into an asteroid. Other than that, my scientific knowledge comes from GCSEs and Star Wars.
What are folks thoughts? Alien technology or scientific anomaly that's beyond our scientific comprehension at this point?

[Simpo Two]

Jonmx said:

Alien technology or scientific anomaly that's beyond our scientific comprehension at this point?

c) It appears to be a comet: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-at...

I think you can file the rest under 'half-baked looney bks' and move on

[Sway]

Simpo Two said:

Jonmx said:

Alien technology or scientific anomaly that's beyond our scientific comprehension at this point?

c) It appears to be a comet: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-at...

I think you can file the rest under 'half-baked looney bks' and move on

Yep. One crackpot nutter making claims (which he's made before and had egg on face) has created some insane phenomenon where palpable bks is being claimed as fact.

Stuff like this:



What the actual fk? From everything I can glean from reputable sources, it's a slightly unusual interstellar object (comet/asteroid) that's moving surprisingly (but not inexplicably) fast through the System. Nothing more, nothing less.

[Simpo Two]

^^^ I'm not surprised. Half the videos on Facebook are made-up AI clickbait; it seems to be the new normal.

[Terminator X]

Calling it "interstellar" seems to have driven people to lunacy.

TX.