YouTube is 21st-Century television- a pandering medium for pandered, lazy minds. However, every once in a while an authoritative source posts meaningful content, instead of shiny, pandering noise. That day has come, and regarding a celestial body of which much noise has been pandered:
https://www.youtube.com/@icqcometsandcousins8186
ICQ Comets (and Cousins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31GQFb6TXso
Feb 14, 2026 Comet Specialists Discuss the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The Comets and Cousins YT channel posts infrequently, but authoritatively. No slouches here. Now, they have assembled, then posted, a group chat regarding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. If you’re a devotee of comets, you’ll recognize the names assembled here, from their previous work in comet science. That’s right, we have here actual comet scientists discussing the comet. And yes, they touch on public claims of something- anything- more than just a comet.