Shocking new study reveals ‘possible hostile’ alien threat could be attacking Earth in a few months

A group of scientists claim a ‘possibly hostile’ alien threat could wreak havoc on our home planet before the end of the year.

A bizarre intergalactic object, which could allegedly be an extraterrestrial spacecraft attacking Earth, a new study has claimed, and could be as soon as November.

The researchers said if their theory is right, it could spell disaster for the human race, commenting in the July 16 paper on arXiv: "The consequences, should the hypothesis turn out to be correct, could potentially be dire for humanity."

Given the moniker 3I/ATLAS, the scientists say the strange 'interstellar interloper' was spotted on July 1, veering towards the sun at more than 130,000 mph, as per Live Science.

Yet, less than 24 hours later, other observations suggested the object could be a comet measuring a whopping 15 miles in diameter, larger than borough of Manhattan in New York City.

They claim the strange object could strike Earth by the end of the year (Getty Images)

However, in the new study, the researchers pose an alternative theory - that aliens could be behind the mystery, believing it could be 'technological' spyware in disguise.

The study comes as one researcher, Avi Loeb, is considered a prominent Harvard astrophysicist known for his insight into extraterrestrial objects and alien life, reports The New York Post.

Loeb shot to fame for his theory that the 2017 interstellar object ʻOumuamua could be a fake recon probe deployed by alien civilization, due to its peculiar shape and speed.

Joining Adam Hibbered and Adam Crowl from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies in London for their latest study, the trio claim 31/ATLAS shares similar anomalous traits that point to suggest its alien origins.

They noted how its speed, which was faster than Oumuamua and other objects, and that it comes in to our solar system at an odd angle suggest it has 'various benefits to an extraterrestrial intelligence'.

Writing in a Medium post, Loeb said: "3I/ATLAS achieves perihelion on the opposite side of the Sun relative to Earth. This could be intentional to avoid detailed observations from Earth-based telescopes when the object is brightest or when gadgets are sent to Earth from that hidden vantage point."

He suggested aliens could be behind the object (Getty Images)

He added: "It is therefore impractical for earthlings to land on 3I/ATLAS at closest approach by boarding chemical rockets, since our best rockets reach at most a third of that speed."

He further suggests the entity, based on its trajectory near to Jupiter, Mars and Venus, would 'entail an arrival in late November or early December of 2025'.

If his theory that the object is a 'technological artifact' is correct, an attack on Earth is likely and would 'possibly require defensive measures to be undertaken'.

However, Samantha Lawler, an astronomer at the University of Regina in Canada who studies solar system dynamics, disputed the theory, stating: "All evidence points to this being an ordinary comet that was ejected from another solar system, just as countless billions of comets have been ejected from our own solar system."

And even Loeb seemingly agrees his theory is dubious, concluding that the 'most likely outcome will be that 3I/ATLAS is a completely natural interstellar object, probably a comet'.