3i/Atlas Thread

[CBH99]

I haven't seen anything about this posted to the forum yet, thought it might be interesting & fun enough to follow the updates on this one

Mysterious Object Hurtling Toward Us From Beyond Solar System Appears to Be Emitting Its Own Light, Scientists Find

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb and his colleagues suggest the possibility interstellar space object 3I/ATLAS is generating "its own light."

futurism.com

 

[Halifax Tar]

I heard about this on a recent Line podcast.

 

[brihard]

I heard about this on a recent Line podcast.

I listened to that one.

From looking up Avi Loeb a bit more, it seems he’s become more than a bit discredited in the scientific community in recent years. I wonder if he’s maybe pulling a Hellyer, but with the benefit of a tenured professorship?