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Telescope reveals a growing tail on the comet that's visiting from another star (apnews.com)
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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do we know it's visiting from another star?

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 1 day ago

Probably observing the trajectory

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Aww that means no aliens

[–] tomiant@programming.dev 1 points 23 hours ago

Don't be sad, there's still a chance it hits Earth and ends human civilization!

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are just venting all their pee tanks

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 points 1 day ago

More ammonia for the capitalists in a few years!

[–] yum@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well. We could see this as them having a bit of a hard time pretending to be a normal comet, but ultimately showing just enough signs to convince us humans that they are one... I guess?

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago

Fair, but if we take cloaking or stealth in to account most stellar phenomenon could be intelligent life 😅

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

from another star?

[–] teft@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Comet 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet currently traversing the solar system.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

okay, that’s more clear