Daily Archives: Dec 7, 2025

Astronomers have refined the trajectory of Comet 3I/ATLAS tenfold-a leap in precision enabled by an unlikely vantage point: Mars. ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, orbiting the Red Planet, imaged the comet between 1 and 7 October 2025, when it passed within 29 million kilometers of Mars. The angle, combined...

The era of building an entirely new fighter for every generational leap may be ending. Lockheed Martin is gambling that injecting sixth‑generation capability into existing fifth‑generation platforms can deliver near‑peer dominance at a fraction of the cost and time. What the company calls its "Ferrari F‑35" vision would achieve...

A thought-provoking quote by Avi Loeb frames the current scientific impasse: "Science should not reject potential extraterrestrial explanations because of social stigma or cultural preferences that are not conducive to the scientific method of unbiased, empirical inquiry." The unresolved questionwhether 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet or a technological artifacthas...