3I/ATLAS, Life-Building Molecules, and Directed Panspermia: Avi Loeb’s Call for Interstellar Sampling Missions

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Avi Loeb argues that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may have carried the building blocks of life and even hint at directed panspermia by an advanced civilization, based on organic molecules found around it and the methane timing, and he urges future surveys and possibly missions to sample similar objects to test the idea.

Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Sparks Debate Over Possible “Directed Panspermia”
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Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Sparks Debate Over Possible “Directed Panspermia”

Astrophysicist Avi Loeb has raised the possibility that the interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS may have carried the building blocks of extraterrestrial life into the Solar System — and could even represent evidence of what he describes as “directed panspermia.” Loeb, head of the Galileo Project and founding director of Black Hole Initiative, made the...