>3I/ATLAS’s origin point is just as surprising as its unusual trajectory and velocity. The interstellar visitor was first spotted entering the solar system from the southern celestial hemisphere, arriving from a direction almost opposite the “solar apex,” or the point in the sky toward which the Sun and nearby stars are moving.
>Astronomers had long assumed that most interstellar objects would be discovered coming from that apex, essentially catching up to us from behind. Instead, 3I/ATLAS came in from the other side, suggesting that either our expectations about the flow of interstellar debris need rethinking, or that detection bias has kept us from spotting similar objects in the past.
Aliums. We are being chased by Aliums. Tj