3I/ATLAS Comet Explained: Is It an Alien Spaceship Entering Our Solar System?
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Meech (IfA/U. Hawaii). Image Processing: Jen Miller & Mahdi Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)


A Comet Has Entered Our Solar System

A comet has entered our solar system, and it has some of the extraterrestrial community preparing for the day the biggest question ever asked is finally answered: “Is there life outside of our planet?” According to BBC Sky at Night Magazine on July 1st, 2025, a NASA-funded survey telescope was alerted to a comet that entered our solar system. After its discovery, they officially named the comet 3I/ATLAS and confirmed it arrived in our solar system from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. The comet is in a coma that consists of gas and dust surrounding the icy nucleus. 3I Atlas is only one of the 3 comets that have entered our solar system. 


When You’ll Be Able To See It

The comet 3I Atlas will be visible until September 2025. After that, it will pass by our sun and remain hidden until about December 2025, when it will then reappear to be viewed until it exits our solar system. This comet is considered to be the fastest comet ever, traveling at 210,000 KM an h through our solar system. It is considered to be an active comet, which means it will heat up as it gets closer to the sun. Hubble has already captured a dust plume emerging from the side of the comet, which has sparked extravagant rumors in the conspiracy theory community. Although NASA does not have a lot of information on this comet, it is believed it originated from a different galaxy, which is extremely intriguing.

Image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera on 21 July 2025. Credit: NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI)


The Internet’s “Alien Landing” Claims

I first discovered this comet via TikTok; someone had made a video about an “alien” ship that will be landing, revealing itself to the humans of this world in October of 2025. I swiped to the next video, not that I don’t believe in extraterrestrials, but the way the information was presented, it seemed like clickbait. The energy of any video I see claiming ‘aliens are finally coming’ always has a rushed, chaotic, and slightly fearful energy. It feels like they are just feeding into that type of content because they know it will get the views that will eventually turn into money via book deals, ad placement, or a subscription to Patreon for exclusive “leaks.” I find more genuine believers in the alien subreddits because everyone is just sharing genuine opinions, information, and exclusives out of pure passion. 


Curiosity Doesn’t Go Away That Easily

Although I was not interested in the topic after several conspiracy theory-style videos, I was still a bit curious about whether there is really “something” that has entered our solar system and where the alien twist comes in. I did not have to do too much digging because Newsweek has posted a video clip of an astrophysicist claiming that the comet in our solar system is an alien spaceship. Israeli-American physicist Avi Loeb believes the spaceship traveling through our solar system has mini probes on board that will be released in our atmosphere for nefarious reasons. Loeb believes this 3I Atlas is a spaceship because of things that can’t be labeled as a coincidence. He told Newsweek, “The retrograde orbital plane of 3I Atlas around the sun lies within 5 degrees of that of Earth…The likelihood for that coincidence out of all random orientations is 0.2%.” After reading that, I declared Loeb officially had my attention. I wanted to know because he provided scientific facts to justify his bold claim. He also went on to say the brightness of the comet implies that it is around 20 kilometers in diameter, which is “too large for an interstellar asteroid.”

Diagram showing the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, or C/2025 N1, as it passes through the Solar System. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech


The Comments: Project Blue Beam, Denial, and Division

As my curiosity grew stronger, I decided to check the comments of the video to check the temperature of what other people were thinking. A username by the name of “SREaton” commented: “I get why they are saying it’s alien. Pure iron to found in nature, methane gas output, and an unnatural pathway of travel. Sounds too fake. Almost planned. Like it’s probably just a rock, but to the government, it’s time for Project Blue Beam to be realized.” His comment is similar to what you can find on the post. This whole event is fake, and Project Blue Beam is in full effect. Other comments mentioned Jesus is returning, and others were simply denying anything extraterrestrial about the situation. After a while, I did not really care to read any more comments because anyone interested in this community knows the comments and opinions that come along with it.


Why Avi Loeb Is So Controversial

I ended up redirecting my attention back to Loeb because it is almost rare for a scientist to make such a bold statement about extraterrestrial life. Apparently, Loeb is not a stranger when it comes to talking about life outside of this planet. Back on January 8, 2014, Loeb claimed that a meteor that hit Earth was an alien spacecraft. This meteor was labeled as CNEOS. Another extraordinary claim from Loeb is that the Messiah will be an alien who arrives from outer space. After reading that, I realized he had my full attention. I plan on deep diving more into his background and extraordinary claims, so make sure you are subscribed to our YouTube channel!


My Perspective: I Want to Believe, But I Need Proof

It’s hard to make a final stance when discussing these types of topics because I want to believe we have an extraterrestrial ship heading right towards us, but the logical side of me needs some more proof. While learning about 3I Atlas, I couldn’t help to think about the write-up I did that mentioned that, through a theory session, it was revealed that there is life on Jupiter, but we are perceiving it wrong. We are looking for life like us in the physical aspect, and totally disregarding here if you can find different variations of life on other planets, it is the same here. No one is really considering the different variations we have on planet Earth. Germs, bacteria, etc it are all alive and thriving (allegedly ) in space on different planets. We have been conditioned by Hollywood on what an extraterrestrial should look like, when that is so far from the truth. We are looking for extraterrestrial spaceships that look like they could have been made in this world. From all that I have learned over the years is that when any non human being physically manifest itself in our world, in our dimension, they will show up differently than what they really are. And that difference is will still look “out of this world” to us. So maybe Loeb is on to something when he says that comet is an alien spaceship. The one thing I’ve observed and learned over the years is that there is no such thing as an coincidence so if something is bringing itself to our awareness it is important that we at the very least, pay attention.


Staying Curious Without Falling Into Fear

There still so much we don’t know about the our world, our universe, our galaxy, and other galaxies. Until we are fully faced with the truth and it is only right that we stay curious and keep our minds open to other possibilities in our world and out of world. We all have a part to play while living in this lifetime and the plan will only work if everyone does what they are supposed to do. I personally think the comet wants to be seen and it could have some thing to do with extraterrestrial however I don’t think they will be revealing themselves to us in a couple of months. We are close to alien contact but we are not close where it would be happening at end of the year. When it is time for that phase of evolution we will know without any confusion or hestitation.


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