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3I/Atlas Was 'Aimed' at Our Solar System on Purpose, Avi Loeb Claims

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They called it 3I/ATLAS—the third interstellar object ever detected passing through our solar system. It was spotted on July 1 by a relatively small telescope in Chile, but the implications of its brief visit are anything but small. To most astronomers, it is a fascinating, yet natural, phenomenon. But to Harvard theoretical physicist Professor Avi Loeb, it is either an unprecedented cosmic anomaly or something far more unnerving: a piece of equ…
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The Harvard astrophysicist argues that the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet presents signs that are difficult to fit into the usual models and calls for caution before closing the diagnosis. Other experts stress that, for now, its activity and morphology are compatible with a natural comet.

Why did NASA take so long to publish the images of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS?Comet 3I/ATLAS exceeds expectations: it reaches 57 km/s and doubles the speed of other interstellar visitorsA few days after the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS approaches Earth, scientists from all over the world continue to debate its origin.One of the most insistent is Avi Loeb, Harvard researcher, who believes that, if this object were artificial, it would not be…

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In a recent publication collected in Medium, Avi Loeb has answered thirteen questions from several journalists to shed some light on the...

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IBTimes UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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