Is 3I/ATLAS Just a Comet—or an Intergalactic Ark

Building blocks of life detected on 3I/ATLAS — scientists say it could be an interstellar ‘gardener’ seeding the cosmos https://t.co/xk6WyETfNc pic.twitter.com/cxngvABMdK

— New York Post (@nypost) February 10, 2026

… Is 3I/ATLAS just a comet — or an intergalactic ark?

A NASA spacecraft has discovered organic chemicals on 3I/ATLAS, which Harvard scientist Avi Loeb claims raises the possibility that the comet is an “interstellar gardener” seeding the universe with life.

“Is it possible that there are microbes or some forms of life on 3I/ATLAS?” Loeb told the Post while outlining his theory. “If such a rock had microbes in it, they would’ve survived.”

Loeb was referring to findings by NASA’s SPHEREx spacecraft, which scans the sky in near-infrared light to glean intel on the universe, BBC’s Sky At Night Magazine reported.

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