More evidence has emerged to support the natural origin of comet 3I/Atlas. After several weeks of conspiracy theories, social media debates, and speculation on popular podcasts such as Joe Rogan’s, this interstellar object is still a comet. The most recent confirmation came from an observatory in South Africa that detected the first radio signal from 3I/Atlas.
But how? A radio signal? That would have to confirm the object is technlogical in nature, wouldn’t it? The thing is, this isn’t a radio signal like a transmission emitted by a spacecraft. It’s instead a radio frequency pattern detected by MeerKAT, a radio telescope composed of 64 antennas—each with a diameter of 13.5
→ Continue reading at Wired - Science