Tracking resources include:
📡 NASA Image Archive
Newly released 3I/ATLAS images captured by NASA spacecraft (Nov. 19 release):
https://www.nasa.gov/images/
NASA described the new images as “a breakthrough in our understanding of interstellar comet chemistry and structure.”
An Alien Spacecraft? NASA Says No
Despite its unusual origin, 31/ATLAS has inspired countless conspiracy theories — especially the claim by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggesting it might be extraterrestrial technology.
Loeb later clarified on Medium that the object is “most likely a comet of natural origin,” though he did not dismiss other possibilities entirely.
NASA leaders, however, flatly reject any alien-technology explanation.
During a November press conference, Nicola Fox, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said:
“We certainly haven’t seen any technosignatures or anything from it that would lead us to believe it was anything other than a comet.”
Comet Moves Closest to Earth in December
Interstellar objects offer scientists a rare chance to study planetary systems beyond our own. Each one provides a frozen sample of material from other stars — material billions of years old.
