VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2025-07-16
“sent towards the inner solar system by design”
Avi Loeb · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-16
Avi Loeb discussed the possibility that the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS might have artificial origins.
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