# The Fascination and Enigma of Interstellar Object 3i-ATLAS!

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Podcast: [Good Heavens!  The Human Side of Astronomy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/good-heavens-the-human-side-of-astronomy-75016)
Published: 2025-12-15T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://goodheavens.podbean.com/e/the-fascination-and-enigma-of-interstellar-object-3i-atlas/
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## Resource

We have another interstellar visitor in the solar system, something truly out of this (particular) world! Is it an alien spacecraft? Is it a comet? A sign of the end of the world? An asteroid? Demons just messing with us? What's All the Gas About? Here on this episode of Good Heavens! we cut through all the viral hype and make some biblical sense of this wondrous interstellar object. Come and see! NASA fast facts on this mysterious object: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/ Thumbnail image credit: NASA Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.

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