Every telescope pointed at the sky is watching the same thing right now. An object moving so fast it barely makes sense. 3I/ATLAS is slicing through our solar system at nearly 58 kilometers per second, and its behavior doesn’t match anything in the textbooks. Every 17 minutes, it pulses. Gas, dust, and chemicals are firing off like it’s on a timer. That’s not how comets usually act. And the scariest part is, its path is frighteningly close to Mars. Some models show that the difference between a near miss and a direct impact is thinner than the line of a razor. NASA’s Planetary Defense Office is treating the situation with utmost care, running scenarios, and playing out the what-if scenarios. If ATLAS were to slam into Mars, the shock wouldn’t stop there. The Red Planet could release debris into space, some of which would eventually cross paths with Earth. So now everyone’s asking the same question. Where did this comet come from, and most importantly, what happens if that debris heads towards Earth?
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