Jonathan O'Callaghan

Thanks!

Ah I see the section you’re talking about. I’m not saying dark comets are interstellar, I’m saying they behave similarly to ‘Oumuamua.

Thanks Teddy!

Lot of familiar faces (Darryl, @astrokiwi.bsky.social, Jessica, Yuichi, Aster, yours truly) in this excellent article about the decidely local dark comets

I’d be there in a heartbeat. And thanks!

The mysterious 'dark comets' prowling our Solar System These strange objects could explain how water arrived on Earth, but may also be a previously unrecognised threat to our planet. Now, a spacecraft is headed towards one to investigate.

It's me, back on the beeb, writing about those pesky dark comets lurking in our solar system. Enjoy!

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Incredibly clement here!

Waiting for that Thai space sector boom any second

Picture of a family of 4 in Bangkok

Hi editors - we have successfully relocated to Bangkok, and I am available for work again! If you have any space stories you need writing, or ideas you need exploring, do let me know. Cheers!

Uh yes I think so… and no, wasn’t planning on it!

I am in Thailand right now. The two parallel pins are fine, or three prongs!

Six days until we relocate to Bangkok! Very real now, and very exciting. If any of you space people are based out that way, hit me up! Will be keen to expand my Asia coverage.

Nice!

Someone accused me of being a woke liberal in a bar last night but my alcohol free mimosa mocktail I just drank while watching the women’s Euro final begs to differ

Journalism in action!

Whoa. Rubin has already seen 3I/ATLAS!

Avi and 3I/ATLAS Avi Loeb has gained a reputation for suggesting and outright claiming things could be alien spacecraft even when there’s little to no objective reason to think so. So when the third interstellar objec...

On Avi and 3I/ATLAS:
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
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Thank you!

Little red dot galaxies have now been found in our local universe Small, compact galaxies seen in the early universe have puzzled astronomers – finding these unusual objects closer to home could provide hints about how they form

Remember those strange “little red dots” JWST found in the early universe?

Turns out they’re not only in the early universe – we just found three close by!

Story by me in @newscientist.com

www.newscientist.com/article/2488...

Can’t it be both? Alien dinosaurs?

So, for anyone getting Avi Loeb’s emails, or wondering if his claims have any merit this time around: all of his alien spacecraft stuff for this object rest on his assertion that it is very large and has no detected coma.

This is incorrect. It is clearly, clearly a comet.

My kids need to eat

Front cover of latest WIRED

My article in latest WIRED

I’m in WIRED this month, chatting about supersonic planes.

What are you waiting for? Go and buy it!

It’s definitely hostile. Plan accordingly.

New Interstellar Object Is Full of Mysteries. Here’s What Scientists Most Want to Learn Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever

One of my favourite stories I’ve written this year.

A third known interstellar object is flying through our solar system right now. What are the 7 biggest questions we want to answer about it?

Story by me in @sciam.bsky.social

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Stupid sunny Birmingham

Tbh if I was an alien I would probably send something like this. It will fly in or near most of the planets and is mostly in the flat plane of our Solar System. Good reconnaissance trajectory!

They need a pulley system going up and a slide going down

Isn't that escalator like 5 meters long?