4 papers
Catching 3I/ATLAS Using a Solar Oberth
Adam Hibberd, T. Marshall Eubanks, Andreas Hein
The third interstellar object to be discovered, 3I/ATLAS, has a unique and continually unfolding story to tell about its nature and origin as it is monitored by telescopes on Earth…
3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1): Direct Spacecraft Exploration of a Possible Relic of Planetary Formation at "Cosmic Noon"
T. Marshall Eubanks, Bruce G. Bills, Adam Hibberd +7
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS (also C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), henceforth, 3I), discovered by the ATLAS Chile telescope on 2025 July 1, was rapidly revealed to be the third known inters…
Intercepting 3I/ATLAS at Closest Approach to Jupiter with the Juno spacecraft
Abraham Loeb, Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to arrive at a distance of million (~au) from Jupiter on March 16, 2026. We show that appl…
Is the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology?
Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl, Abraham Loeb
At this early stage of its passage through our Solar System, 3I/ATLAS, the recently discovered interstellar interloper, has displayed various anomalous characteristics, determined…