[I'm not saying it's aliens - but it's aliens! . . . SC]

Astronomers have just spotted something really strange moving through our solar system — and it seems to be coming our way. This mysterious object is believed to have come from outside our solar system, making it possibly only the third known interstellar visitor ever discovered.

It’s currently being called 3I/ATLAS, and it was first seen in data collected between June 25 and June 29 by a system called ATLAS — the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. This system uses powerful telescopes in Hawaii and South Africa to scan the night sky automatically for any unusual or potentially dangerous space objects. After the object was noticed, it was confirmed by experts at NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies and the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center. That means it’s not just a glitch or mistake — this thing is real.

What makes 3I/ATLAS so fascinating is its strange speed and unknown nature. Scientists still aren’t sure what it actually is — it could be a comet, an asteroid, or maybe even something we’ve never seen before. One well-known astronomer, Avi Loeb from Harvard University — who famously suggested that ‘Oumuamua might have been an alien probe — has weighed in again. This time, he’s suggesting that scientists use the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to study this newly discovered interstellar object in more detail.