Interstellar Object Might Be Alien Probe, Astronomer Claims – What’s the Evidence?

Practice your problem solving skills with Brilliant! Get your first 30 days free as well as 20% off an annual premium subscription when you use my link ➜ https://brilliant.org/sabine. On July 1, the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile detected a new interstellar object named 3I/ATLAS entering our solar system. This is just the third-ever interstellar object to come to our solar system, and there are a few interesting things about 3I/ATLAS that make it particularly interesting. Some people are even saying it could be an alien probe. Let’s see what evidence they have. Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12213 🤓 Check out my new quiz app ➜ http://quizwithit.com/ 📚 Buy my book ➜ https://amzn.to/3HSAWJW 💌 Support me on Donorbox ➜ https://donorbox.org/swtg 📝 Transcripts and written news on Substack ➜ https://sciencewtg.substack.com/ 👉 Transcript with links to references on Patreon ➜ https://www.patreon.com/Sabine 📩 Free weekly science newsletter ➜ https://sabinehossenfelder.com/newsletter/ 👂 Audio only podcast ➜ https://open.spotify.com/show/0MkNfXlKnMPEUMEeKQYmYC 🔗 Join this channel to get access to perks ➜ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw/join #science #sciencenews #aliens #astronomy