A newly observed interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is stirring debate far beyond the astronomy community. After NASA’s SPHEREx spacecraft detected organic chemicals on the comet, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggested the discovery raises an unusual question: could this object be carrying the ingredients of life across star systems? While most scientists see a typical comet behaving as expected near the Sun, Loeb believes the findings deserve a closer look.
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