Ever since a mysterious interstellar object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, was first spotted screaming into our solar system, famed Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has been raising the possibility that the interstellar interloper is an "extraterrestrial artifact" that was sent to us by an intelligent race. The object will make its closest pass of the Sun next month, coming surprisingly close to Mars and Jupiter as well. To Loeb, it's a magnificent opportunity to have a closer look. He called on NASA to tu...