Musk said that 3I/Atlas could "kill most of human life" and the interstellar object has baffled top Astrophysicists over the past months. Physicist Dr Avi Loeb has said that 3I/Atlas could be an "alien mothership" UFO boffins believe the interstellar object could be trying to make contact with Earth. Musk told the Joe Rogan Experience podcast that the object "could be alien, I don't know," however it is an unusual comet.
In early July, astronomers spotted a mysterious object, later dubbed 3I/ATLAS after it was confirmed to be the third-ever interstellar visitor cruising through our solar system. Last week, the object, which is now generally believed to be a comet, reached its closest point to the Sun, or its perihelion, brightening up at an unexpected rate and turning " distinctly bluer." And it may be getting a major boost that's unaccounted for by the Sun's gravitational pull as well.
An Earth-based telescope has captured an interstellar object speeding through our Solar System, spewing a mysterious metal that defies natural expectations. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile detected an unusual nickel plume from the object, known as 3I/ATLAS, which differs sharply from natural comets that always emit nickel alongside iron, which was not detected. Harvard physicist Avi Loeb highlighted the anomaly, noting that this nickel signature is a hallmark of industrial production of nickel alloys.
"There were claims of a tail, but since 3I/ATLAS is accelerating and its current size is not much larger than the angular resolution of Earth-based telescopes, it is not easy to avoid fictitious elongation of the image as a result of the object's motion."