Harvard & NASA Warn 3I/ATLAS Could Hit Mars

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For months, astronomers believed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS would simply skim past Mars. But new data from Harvard’s Avi Loeb team and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have changed everything. The comet’s trajectory is tightening, its speed shifting, and for the first time, the numbers suggest a possible direct collision with the Red Planet.

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At nearly 87 kilometers per second, 3I/ATLAS is moving faster than anything humanity has ever tracked. Its tail doesn’t behave like a normal comet—it pulses every 17 minutes, releasing bursts of gas with clockwork precision, steering itself like a spacecraft. Spectroscopy shows metallic cores and unnatural glints in Mars orbit, sparking fears that this isn’t just ice and dust, but a probe under intelligent control.

A collision would release energy equal to millions of nuclear bombs, carve a 60 km crater, and devastate Mars’s orbiting fleet of spacecraft. Worse, debris could eventually reach Earth. NASA, ESA, and space agencies worldwide are scrambling behind the scenes, but the clock is ticking: September 2025 is the critical window, and every pulse from 3I/ATLAS may be adjusting its course closer to impact.

Is this a natural cosmic wanderer—or the first interstellar machine humanity has ever encountered?

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