Panic and confusion are spreading through the global scientific community after object 3I/ATLAS — first classified as an interstellar comet — has reportedly changed course and accelerated in deep space, displaying behavior that experts are calling “impossible under known laws of physics.”

According to new data released from several international observatories before systems mysteriously went offline, the object, initially on a stable trajectory past Earth, suddenly altered its path, shifting several degrees closer toward the planet. What’s more, it appears to be gaining speed — accelerating at a rate no natural object should be capable of.

“It’s not gravitational,” one astronomer from the European Southern Observatory was quoted as saying. “There’s no nearby body that could explain the acceleration. It’s as if something is controlling it — actively adjusting its trajectory.”

The strange phenomenon has reignited fears that 3I/ATLAS may not be a simple comet or asteroid, but something far more complex — possibly artificial in origin. High-level sources claim that multiple space agencies, including NASA, ESA, and JAXA, have gone into emergency coordination mode, cross-checking data as instruments around the globe begin to show unexplained energy fluctuations coinciding with the object’s movement.

Adding to the mystery, transmissions resembling radio pulses have been detected from the same direction as 3I/ATLAS — brief but structured bursts that experts say cannot be explained by random cosmic noise. The signals stopped abruptly hours after they were first picked up.

Governments have remained silent, fueling speculation that the world’s top agencies know more than they’re revealing. Online, theories are spreading rapidly — from alien technology to secret military experiments. Meanwhile, amateur astronomers have been urged to continue tracking the object, though many report that data feeds have been restricted or “inexplicably scrambled.”

If the current trajectory holds, 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth in December 2025 — but at its current acceleration, experts warn that “anything could happen before then.”

“This isn’t just a space object anymore,” one scientist admitted anonymously. “Whatever 3I/ATLAS is… it’s awake.”