We are barely 10 days into 2026 and boy has it been a ride. 3I/ATLAS is en route to exit the solar system after a brief encounter with the Sun (perihelion on Oct 27) and rendezvous with Earth (at 1.8 AU on Dec 19). The third-ever interstellar visitor since 1I/Oumuamua (2017) and 2I/Borisov (2019), the exocomet 3I/ATLAS will briefly say hello to Jupiter’s oddball satellite Eupheme on March 16. Will it be a black swan event? Prof. Avi Loeb, a Harvard astrophysicist, recommends grabbing popcorn as the observatories will look out for technosignatures.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump is executing his free will on the Americans like crazy after taxing the whole wide world, with a strike in Venezuela, capturing its now ex-president Nicolas Maduro along with his wife.
On the other end of the world, Russia continues to bully Ukraine, while there is no end of conflict between Hamas and Israel, amid multiple human rights violations.
Will the shifting geopolitical tectonic plates trigger the much-anticipated World War 3? Seems long overdue? No? Will it be fueled by an alien invasion?
Reportedly Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga predicted so. Per reports, the oracle, who died in 1996, prophesied a world war in 2026 and an alien spaceship entering Earth’s atmosphere. These catastrophic events are supposed to occur in November 2026.
Will the world end as we know it? Per Vanga, it won’t. Not until 5079.
Baba Vanga predicted alien spaceship would enter Earth’s atmosphere and outbreak of WWIII for 2026 https://t.co/PrUc5dEJbg pic.twitter.com/Fx7OOKTJLF
— New York Post (@nypost) January 8, 2026
Meanwhile, here’s how the internet reacted:
pic.twitter.com/2gSLti94Bp— 🛡️Shields (@cryptoShields) January 8, 2026
It is foretold. pic.twitter.com/Vm9IEW1iME— Nicholas Lissack (@NicholasLissack) January 8, 2026
pic.twitter.com/tjOUkjZ3sU— Jeff Treves (@TrevesStudios) January 8, 2026
🥲😆 pic.twitter.com/wBN0jS0Bcu— Maverick (@born2rule28) January 8, 2026
pic.twitter.com/osJB1YDWfB— Steven Greenstreet 🐷 (@MiddleOfMayhem) January 8, 2026
Man who the FUCK is Baba Vanga 😭 pic.twitter.com/m02nP7J66Y— SODA (@SippinDirtyS0DA) January 8, 2026
pic.twitter.com/5euPpZIIi3— picto (@Dheeraj97958095) January 8, 2026
I doubt that an alien space ship would approach clown world…🤭🤭. pic.twitter.com/nEfpZ00JmL— 👑 ⚜ Suzanne Brmptn ⚜ 👑 (@Suzanne_Brmptn) January 8, 2026
Ah shit, here we go again.. pic.twitter.com/67os3v0u78— xrpant (@xrpant) January 8, 2026
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