Declare:
Scientists found robotic alien spiders from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Earth’s polar ice sheets in October 2025.
Ranking:
Ranking: False
In October 2025, a Fb publish (archived) about an uncommon discovering unfold throughout the platform. In line with the publish, scientists found robotic micro spiders from the comet 3I/ATLAS in Antarctica. The spiders, which apparently indifferent from the comet “throughout its closest move to our planet,” have been purportedly gathering knowledge from the ice and transmitting the information to area.
The publish was reshared by different Fb pages (archived) quickly after it was initially posted. Some individuals emailed Snopes to ask if the declare was true or searched the web site to search out out the identical.
There was no proof to assist any of the small print within the story shared within the posts. Subsequently, we’re score this declare as false.
Snopes looked for “robotic spiders 3I/ATLAS” on Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing and Yahoo. There have been no outcomes exterior of the social media posts associated to the declare throughout any of the various search engines. If this story, which the Fb publish described as “sending world shockwaves,” was actual, mainstream information retailers would have lined it and there’d possible be some type of scientific publication or replace launched about it.
Actually, the small print of the story merely do not add up.
The Fb publish stated scientists proposed that the spiders “indifferent” from the comet throughout its closest move to Earth, however that really hasn’t occurred but. 3I/ATLAS’ closest method to Earth will not be till Dec. 19, 2025, in accordance with the European House Company. An animation produced by NASA confirmed the solar was partially or absolutely between Earth and 3I/ATLAS for a lot of the time because the comet’s discovery.
The picture hooked up to the story wasn’t actual both. Though the situation was described as Antarctica, the Northern Lights — which do not seem across the South Pole — could possibly be seen within the sky on the prime left. Moreover, the “spiders” within the picture had various quantities of legs and the inset picture of the “spider” differed from the spiders seen within the bigger picture. These inconsistencies counsel the picture was possible AI-generated.
House Lane, the web page that posted the story, steadily posts fabricated tales suggesting contact with or discovery of extraterrestrial life. Many of those posts reference 3I/ATLAS, a comet that originated from exterior of the photo voltaic system and was found in 2025.
Snopes beforehand fact-checked a declare that 3I/ATLAS was “more than likely” an alien ship heading for Earth.
Sources:
“Comet 3I/ATLAS – Ceaselessly Requested Questions.” Esa.int, European House Company, www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Comet_3I_ATLAS_frequently_asked_questions. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
“Robotic Spiders 3I/Atlas – Bing.” Bing, www.bing.com/search?q=robotic+spiders+3Ipercent2Fatlas&kind=QBLH&sp=-1&lq=0&pq=robotic+spiders+3ipercent2Fatlas&sc=0-22&qs=n&sk=&cvid=55501FB40E3B4965B2FEE68065DF26B0. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
“Robotic Spiders 3I/Atlas – DuckDuckGo Search.” Duckduckgo.com, duckduckgo.com/?origin=funnel_home_website&t=h_&q=robotic+spiders+3Ipercent2Fatlas&ia=internet. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
“Robotic Spiders 3I/Atlas – Google Search.” Google.com, www.google.com/search?q=robotic+spiders+3Ipercent2Fatlas&sca_esv=ef29957d23e94eec&supply=lnt&tbs=cdrpercent3A1percent2Ccd_minpercent3Apercent2Ccd_maxpercent3A10percent2F29percent2F2025&tbm=. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
“Robotic Spiders 3I/Atlas – Yahoo Search Outcomes.” Yahoo.com, search.yahoo.com/search?p=robotic+spiders+3Ipercent2Fatlas&fr=yfp-t&fr2=ppercent3Afppercent2Cmpercent3Asb&fp=1. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
Wasser, Molly. “Comet 3I/ATLAS.” NASA Science, 3 July 2025, science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/3i-atlas/. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
