A strange object hurdling through our solar system from interstellar space may, according to one of academia's most outlandish astronomers, have been sent by aliens to see how smart we are. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, this newly-discovered space rock is the third such interstellar object ever detected by humans. While most astronomers, including those at NASA, believe it to be a comet, Harvard's resident alien-hunter Avi Loeb has repeatedly suggested that it's extraterrestrial in origin — and may even function as something of a "Turing Test" for humanity. In a new blog post, Loeb — who became infamous in scientific circles for […]

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