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Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System

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306 points gammarator | 2 comments | 03 Jul 25 03:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.009s | source

Minor Planet Electronic Circular: https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25N12.html
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ordu ◴[03 Jul 25 05:27 UTC] No.44451907[source]▶
Judging by how humanity didn't see any of those for millennia and now three in just several years, I can propose two hypotheses:

1. Astronomers became good enough to notice them 2. These rocks are first in an incoming flood of such objects, the Universe decided to destroy humanity.

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shiroiuma ◴[03 Jul 25 05:59 UTC] No.44452070[source]▶
It's not "the Universe"; it's an alien race that wants to destroy us before we become a threat to them.
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belter ◴[03 Jul 25 06:53 UTC] No.44452363[source]▶
We are a much bigger threat to ourselves.
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lynx97 ◴[03 Jul 25 07:34 UTC] No.44452566[source]▶
Came here to say that. Best to just wait and let history take its course.
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1. nandomrumber ◴[03 Jul 25 07:54 UTC] No.44452678[source]▶
Or launch an attack fleet, only to later, due to an error in a scaling factor, have the entire fleet unknowingly swallowed by a small dog.
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2. belter ◴[03 Jul 25 12:13 UTC] No.44454201[source]▶
https://youtu.be/smwd8b0ycBg