In contrast, geophysicist Stefan Burns takes a scientific and speculative lens. He tracks 3I/ATLAS’s perihelion passage near the Sun and explores the hypothetical scenario that, if the object were of extraterrestrial origin or advanced technology, its logical destination wouldn’t be Earth but rather Jupiter and its resource-rich moons, ideal for establishing a sustainable interstellar base.
Together, their perspectives illustrate two very different but fascinating lenses—the mystical and the scientific—on the same celestial event: one viewing it as a spiritual initiation for humanity, the other as a potential frontier for alien colonisation or cosmic exploration.
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— the exact hues of the Blue and Red Kachinas in Hopi prophecy.