I see the reason that it could be seen as click bait, but given the context I don't think many people on HN will think it was animate. It also says "another", a

I see the reason that it could be seen as click bait, but given the context I don't think many people on HN will think it was animate. It also says "another", and since we haven't been visited by life before it would suggest they meant it more as "this thing will visit us, thus it's a 'visitor'"