The alert came from a deep space observatory in Chile, a string of code that made no sense. An object designated 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor thought to be on a predictable path, had just performed an impossible maneuver. It defied the laws of gravity. Now, every major telescope on the planet is turning to track it, and a horrifying new trajectory has been calculated. The data confirms our worst fears. The Manhattan-sized object is no longer a scientific curiosity; it’s an incoming threat, and the scientists who discovered its new path are now terrified.
