NASA Say No Be Alien Relic, Just Comet With Style

Wetin dey happen for the space realm? Na NASA we go thank as dem don toss aside the hot gists from a Harvard astronomer wey suggest say one interstellar object fit be relic from extraterrestrial civilization. Chai! Dem say dis one no get meaning, as e don dey fly through our solar system like sey na normal waka.

The Harvard guru, Avi Loeb, no gree take am lightly when e talk say dis object, wey dem call 3I/ATLAS, fit be something wey aliens drop for we side. E normal pipo wey no sabi say 3I/ATLAS be like comet wey dey plan wahala for Earth. Na wah, abeg make dem no carry us enter wahala matter wey no concern us.

Loeb don carry him mouth talk sey the object no show any of the dust and plasma tails wey we sabi comets dey carry. According to am, dis one dey follow peculiar trajectory, like sey e don waka from another planet eat lunch for our table.

“If future data no show sey e get cometary tail, we go fit gree sey dis one dey come from some cosmic design,” Loeb yan. If dem turn am rounond like dis, sey e no just enter our solar system by chance, dem fit bring out some interesting stories wey fit come with am.

But for NASA, dem don put matter straight say 3I/ATLAS no be any threat. Tom Statler, wey be lead scientist for solar system small bodies, don throw wetin we fit call ‘scientific bomb’ talk: “E look like comet, e dey do all the comet-kin things. Na human beings dey turn wetin e no be into wahala.”

Dis 3I/ATLAS dey travel faster than any comet wey we don know, moving at 130,000 mph (209,000km/h), and e dey plan to pose for Mars next month. As e dey approach Sun, e dey prepare to light up with some green color wey dey shine rare, thanks to the sunlight wey dey toast am well well.

As scientists dey observe dis object, dem don discover say e get some interesting features wey dey differ from our solar system comets. Na so Statler go chook mouth again: “Comets no get standard operating manual. Dey dey behave like random sharp guys wey just dey follow road.” He explained sey even our solar system comets fit dey surprise us anytime.

Loeb no gree back down, e still dey push for wetin e call alternative scenarios, wey fit dey excite imagination. “E dey possible sey everything wey we sabi fit still get another side wey we no see. Let’s no dey act like sey we sabi everything.”

So, as dem dey enjoy di gist of interstellar drama, no forget sey 3I/ATLAS no go dey around for our side for some time. Na matter of months before we go see am again when e go near Earth in December, but abeg no believe say e wan come fight us—e just dey waka pass.