TITLE:
Comet 3I/Atlas and Our Links with the Wider Cosmos
AUTHORS:
Chandra Wickramasinghe, Gensuke Tokoro, Max K. Wallis
KEYWORDS:
Comets, Hyperbolic Comets, Panspermia, Evolution
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Vol.15 No.4,
November
27,
2025
ABSTRACT: Comet 3I/Atlas shows all the signs of being a comet escaping from a distant planetary system, probably from above the disc of the galaxy, and traversing through the inner solar system. The emitted dust coma and tail could carry genetic material that may possibly soft-land through the terrestrial atmosphere and thus potentially contribute to the evolution of life on Earth and thence in the wider planetary system.