The Passer-by, or The Strange Case of 3I/ATLAS. Is it a plasma-based lifeform?
Abstract: 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar visitor to visit our neighbourhood, after 1I/’Oumuamua in 2016 and 2I/Borisov in 2019, is behaving even more weirdly than its predecessors. It has displayed a number of puzzling characteristics previously unseen in connection with the appearance of comets. Astronomers attribute these anomalies to the extremely ancient nature of this object,…
