The enormous interstellar object, now officially dubbed 3I/ATLAS, is already speeding through the solar system at 41 miles per second, or 150,000 miles per hour. This has sparked speculation that 3I/ATLAS's intense brightness might not have a natural explanation.
Masters states that observing the cosmos has equipped him to manage data intricacies at Virgin Atlantic, emphasizing the importance of stripping noise to glean insights.
"When you have a whole bunch of things moving together like that in a swarm, a natural question is going to be, do they sometimes bump into each other?" Lacki told New Scientist. "At their orbital speeds, that can be disastrous."