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Journalist Challenges Harvard's Alien Tech Claims on Juno

8/5/2025

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Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has taken a stand against Harvard professor Avi Loeb's proposal to redirect NASA's Juno spacecraft to investigate the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which Loeb believes may be alien technology. Coulthart contends that such a diversion is both unnecessary and expensive, as the majority of astronomers consider the object to be a natural comet.

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Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has taken a stand against Harvard professor Avi Loeb's proposal to redirect NASA's Juno spacecraft to investigate the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which Loeb believes may be alien technology. Coulthart contends that such a diversion is both unnecessary and expensive, as the majority of astronomers consider the object to be a natural comet.