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3I/ATLAS, which was first discovered on July 01, 2025, has taken social media by storm ever since. The exocomet is the third-ever interstellar object to be recorded in the solar system, besides 1I/Oumuamua (2017) and 2I/Borisov (2019). Space agencies around the world have been a subject of ridicule, including NASA for not providing a hi-res image of the object, even as ground-based stargazers continue to click glowing images of the comet, featuring its tail and anti-tail.
Amid all the information and speculations that surmount 3I/ATLAS, there are a few that evade the eagle-eyed fact checkers, community notes, and experts. These manipulated media have done more damage to the credibility of reporting and the platform in general that is already plagued with misinformation and fake news.
A video clip circulating on social media has gone viral that allegedly shows 3I/ATLAS, as a glowing object with multiple streaks of light emerging, alluding that it’s a spaceship. To the untrained eyes barely following the buzz around the interstellar comet, the image might either seem too good to be true or confirm their suspicion of an alien probe. The greenish glow, to be honest, makes it look like a paramecium under the microscope.
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One glance and you can figure out if the video is fraudulent engagement farming. Not only should these be penalized by the platform but also banned after a couple of strikes. One of the salient features of such media online is the uploader’s failure to recognize the original poster. There are virtually zero credits or suspicious ones.
How many of you are tracking the news about COMET” 3I/ATLAS ?
This interstellar object looks like a spaceship. pic.twitter.com/3sDLLlCkH0
— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) November 28, 2025
For more information on 3I/ATLAS, follow NASA or other observatories. You may also follow the observations by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who speculates that 3I/ATLAS may be more than just a comet. He has so far enlisted 13 anomalies in the object. But even prof Loeb is not falling for fake videos like the one above. And so should not you!
