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Astronomer Avi Loeb outlines nine "anomalies" that he says support his hypothesis that interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is an alien artefact.

Nine Reasons This Scientist Is Suspicious the Object Screaming Past the Sun Is a City-Sized Alien Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

According to astronomer Avi Loeb, it's the perfect day to test whether interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is the remnant of an alien civilization.

Mysterious Interstellar Visitor Reaches Perihelion Today

By Victor Tangermann

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, which visits the Earth roughly every 71 years, was spotted releasing intriguing radio signals last year.

Scientists Intrigued by Radio Signals Coming From Comet

By Victor Tangermann

3I-ATLAS could be an alien craft slamming on its breaks to orbit Mars, noted astrophysicist Ari Loeb argues.

The Mysterious Interstellar Object May Be Slamming on the Brakes, Scientist Says

Avi Loeb suggested that if 3I/ATLAS is a spacecraft, it may use its proximity to the Sun's powerful gravitational pull while hidden from us.

Astronomer Suspects Mysterious Object Is Up to No Good While It’s Hidden Behind the Sun: “If You Want to Take a Vacation, Take It Before Then”

By Victor Tangermann

China's Chang'e-6 mission, the first sample return mission to the far side of the Moon, discovered extremely rare water-rich minerals.CN

China Found Something Fascinating on the Far Side of the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Keck II telescope observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS found "evidence for a puzzling anti-tail extension" pointing at the Sun.

Mysterious Interstellar Object Has Sprouted a Tendril Reaching Toward the Sun

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have identified two theories explaining the mysterious gamma ray glow at the center of the Milky Way.

Astronomers Ponder Strange Glow Coming From the Heart of Our Galaxy

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have created a new phase of ice that can form at room temperature but requires extreme levels of pressure.

Scientists Invent Room Temperature Ice

By Victor Tangermann

One of the most epic cosmic explosions ever seen may have been caused by a black hole infiltrating a star and destroying it from the inside.

Scientists Intrigued by Black Hole That Fell Into Star, Then Ate It From the Inside

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers have detected a mysterious dark object in the distant universe. It could be dark matter, or it could be something else.

Astronomers Detect Mysterious Dark Object in Distant Galaxy

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers say that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have spotted the universe's first "dark stars" that are fuelled by dark matter.

James Webb Appears to Have Spotted “Dark Star” Powered by Dark Matter, Paper Claims

By Victor Tangermann

Despite data suggesting interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is simply a comet, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb still thinks something is off.

Astronomer: 30+ Percent Probability Interstellar Object Is Alien Craft Disguised as Comet

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has seemingly managed to snap images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it made its flyby of the Red Planet.

NASA Rover Appears to Catch Photo of Mysterious Interstellar Object From Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

Galaxies "blazing with technosignatures" could suggest the existence of a "large number" of "different metasocieties."

Scientist Says Galaxies Shining With Radio Signals Could Indicate Numerous Advanced Civilizations

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers said they had found "undepleted phosphine," a molecule associated with life, on Earth in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf.

Astronomers Startled to Spot Abundance of “Biosignature” Molecules in a Failed Star’s Atmosphere

By Victor Tangermann