Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb is urging the United Nations to establish formal protocols for extraterrestrial contact as the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS approaches the Sun.
The object is traveling at approximately 130,000 kilometers per hour, faster than any known comet, and is nearing its closest point to the Sun.
Loeb’s appeal has taken on renewed urgency in recent weeks.
Author's summary: Avi Loeb urges UN to prepare for alien contact.