NASA scientists have announced that a space rock known as “3I/ATLAS” has entered our solar system. According to experts, this is not an ordinary asteroid, but an interstellar object — meaning it originated from another star system far beyond our own.
Early estimates suggest that this massive object is about 15 kilometers long and weighs billions of tons.
It is traveling at an incredible speed of over 57 kilometers per second. Due to this high velocity, scientists believe that it won’t be captured by the gravity of the Sun or Earth — instead, it will pass through our solar system briefly, like a cosmic visitor.
Interestingly, some informal groups have speculated that this rock might show signs of alien activity or contain traces of extraterrestrial technology — though no scientific evidence supports this claim.
Currently, the object is moving toward its closest point to the Sun, where its surface is rapidly heating up and releasing gas and dust into space.
NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and other global observatories are continuously tracking its movement, structure, and radiation effects.
If a rock of this size were ever to hit Earth, it could release energy equivalent to millions of atomic bombs, causing global destruction — from massive earthquakes and tsunamis to blocking sunlight for weeks. Fortunately, calculations show that 3I/ATLAS will not come anywhere near Earth and will pass safely through the outer regions of the solar system.
After swinging around the Sun, this mysterious traveler will head back into the depths of our galaxy, never to return. Its speed and momentum are so extreme that even the Sun’s or Jupiter’s gravity cannot trap it.
Astronomers worldwide see this as a rare and exciting opportunity to study a visitor from another star system — one that may hold clues about the origins of planets and life beyond Earth.
If you have a good telescope, you may even be able to spot 3I/ATLAS in the night sky from Pakistan before it disappears forever into the darkness of space.
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