Scientists intercepted a signal from an approaching alien object

Sensation in space: radio signal from mysterious interstellar visitor approaching Earth intercepted for the first time

As reported by TUT.AZ, the portal The Astronomer's Telegram announced an unprecedented scientific achievement.

"OH absorption was detected in the 1,665 MHz and 1,667 MHz lines," the publication states.

The unique signal was successfully intercepted on October 24 using the MeerKAT radio telescope located in South Africa. Notably, all previous attempts to capture a signal on identical absorption lines had ended in failure.

Renowned scientist from Harvard University, Avi Loeb, revealed details of the future mission: on March 16, 2026, when 3I/ATLAS will be passing in the vicinity of Jupiter, the spacecraft "Juno" will attempt to capture a signal from the mysterious object at low frequencies.

The space object 3I/ATLAS first came into scientists' view on July 1. During subsequent studies, astronomers determined its true nature - it's a comet that arrived from another star system. An amazing discovery was the age of the visitor - more than 7.5 billion years, which exceeds our Sun's age by a whole 3 billion years. In September, specialists recorded an "anomalous evolution" of the 3I/ATLAS object - it began changing its color.