Coincidentally, 3I/ATLAS is just days away from making its closest approach to the sun and slipping out of view. Loeb postulated that this “maneuver” could be proof that the object is a spacecraft that’s using the gravity of the solar star to change speed and trajectory. Ultimately, the fact that IAWN activated its “comet campaign” indicates to the scientist that 3I/ATLAS, which astronomers concluded could measure 28 miles across, might not be a harmless comet. “If 3I/ATLAS is a massive mothersh