Chaidesuu :
Fact check: an object about 24 km in size, which is supposedly "flying towards Earth" and will cause a catastrophe in November 2025, is a scientifically explained and safe phenomenon.
We are talking about an interstellar comet, officially named 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1). It was discovered in July 2025 by astronomers using the ATLAS system. This is the third known object to have flown into the Solar System from interstellar space - after Oumuamua (2017) and Comet Borisov (2019).
The comet has a nucleus about 11 kilometers in diameter, and together with the gas and dust shell (coma), its visible size can reach about 24 kilometers. However, this does not mean that it poses a threat.
3I/ATLAS is moving along an almost straight, non-elliptical trajectory, which is typical for objects not associated with the gravity of the Sun. It will indeed approach the Sun in October, and will be closest to Earth in December 2025. But even then, the distance will be more than 1.6 astronomical units - about 240 million kilometers. This is several hundred times further than the orbit of the Moon.
Some people on the Internet are spreading unconfirmed theories about a "spaceship" or artificial origin of the object. The scientific community does not confirm such data. This is a natural space object, very interesting to observe, but absolutely safe for Earth.
The spread of panic rumors and speculation has no basis. We are facing a rare, but completely explainable from a scientific point of view event.
2025-07-29 18:08:16