SETI Scientists Find No Alien Signals from Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The SETI Institute recently conducted a study on Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object detected by a NASA-funded asteroid impact warning system. The object, which entered the solar system from deep space, was speculated to be a piece of extraterrestrial technology. Using the Allen Telescope Array at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, scientists scanned the comet for seven hours, covering a spectrum of 1 to 9 gigahertz, to detect narrowband radio signals indicative of technology. Despite identifying nearly 74 million signals, all were traced back to Earth-based technology or satellites. The study concluded that 3I/ATLAS is a natural object, but emphasized the importance of continuing the search for technosignatures from interstellar objects.