00:00What if Earth is being watched by aliens?
00:03Scientists have just detected a strange object speeding through our solar system,
00:07and it might not be natural.
00:09They're calling it 3i-Atlas,
00:11and some researchers believe it could be alien spyware.
00:14The object was spotted this month.
00:16Its size and unusual orbit have scientists like Avi Loeb raising eyebrows.
00:21It's set to swing past Jupiter, Mars, and Venus
00:24before vanishing behind the Sun in October.
00:26And that, they say, might be deliberate.
00:29Loeb suggests it could be hiding, waiting out of view from Earth's telescopes.
00:33Even more chilling?
00:34Its orbit is eerily close to Earth's own.
00:37The chance of that happening randomly? Just 0.2%.
00:41If this is alien tech, Loeb warns we might need defense systems ready.
00:45But don't panic just yet.
00:46He admits it's most likely just a comet,
00:49a totally natural visitor from another star system.
00:52Still, if it is something else,
00:54we've only got months before it disappears into the Sun's shadow.
00:58Is this science fiction or a glimpse of first contact?
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