{"id":23438,"date":"2025-10-31T00:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/23438\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T00:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:53:10","slug":"3i-atlas-controversy-5-big-claims-avi-loeb-has-made-about-the-manhattan-size-comet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/23438\/","title":{"rendered":"3I\/ATLAS controversy: 5 big claims Avi Loeb has made about the Manhattan-size comet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb<\/a>, <\/a>in a <\/a>recent conversation regarding the interstellar object 3I\/ATLAS, stirred global debate. Loeb, who had earlier claimed that 2017\u2019s \u2018Oumuamua could be alien technology, now argues that 3I\/ATLAS might also be of artificial origin, setting off another storm in the scientific community.<\/p>\n

\"Harvard Harvard Professor of Science Avi Loeb talks about 3I\/ ATLAS <\/p>\n

Here are five major claims Loeb has made about 3I\/ATLAS:<\/p>\n

3I\/ATLAS may be a \u201ctechnological artifact,\u201d not a natural object<\/p>\n

Loeb has suggested that 3I\/ATLAS could have been \u201cmanufactured\u201d rather than formed through natural cosmic processes. He wrote on his Medium blog that the object\u2019s composition, brightness, and trajectory hint at non-natural origins. It could possibly be a remnant or probe sent by extraterrestrial intelligence.<\/p>\n

“If it were built by another civilization, it would change how we see our place in the universe,\u201d Loeb told The New York Post.<\/p>\n

Read More: Atlas may not be a typical comet, could be alien mission, says Harvard physicist<\/a><\/p>\n

The \u201canti-tail\u201d and chemical composition are potential red flags<\/p>\n

According to Loeb, 3I\/ATLAS displays an \u201canti-tail.\u201d The object has a bright jet of dust and gas pointing toward the Sun instead of away from it. It is an anomaly which is rarely seen in nature.<\/p>\n

He also cited recent spectral analyses in his interviews and medium articles, showing nickel emissions without corresponding iron, calling this combination \u201cphysically inconsistent\u201d for a conventional comet.<\/p>\n

A possible \u2018black swan\u2019 event with global implications<\/p>\n

Loeb stated that the discovery of an artificial interstellar object could represent a \u201cblack swan event.\u201d He sees this as a rare, high-impact revelation that would fundamentally alter humanity\u2019s understanding of life beyond Earth.<\/p>\n

He cautioned that dismissing such anomalies too quickly could cause the scientific community to miss crucial evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this object turns out to be artificial, it will redefine not just astronomy, but civilization itself,\u201d he said in an interview with Live Science.<\/p>\n

Read More: 3I\/ATLAS update: Harvard scientist warns comet could be \u2018black swan moment’<\/a><\/p>\n

Loeb alleges NASA may be withholding key data<\/p>\n

Loeb has hinted that NASA and other space agencies are not fully disclosing observational data about 3I\/ATLAS. He is urging for complete transparency, saying that the raw telescope imagery and spectroscopic readings should be made publicly available for peer verification.<\/p>\n

NASA<\/a>, in a public statement, has denied any such withholding, emphasizing that data from major observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope are shared through open-access scientific archives.<\/p>\n

Its unusual trajectory and velocity make it a possible “mothership”<\/p>\n

Loeb noted that its hyperbolic trajectory mirrors the behavior of \u2018Oumuamua<\/a>. Unlike most comets or asteroids, 3I\/ATLAS entered the Solar System at a steep, high-velocity path, making its orbit difficult to reconcile with typical interstellar dynamics.<\/p>\n

Astronomers observing the object have confirmed its erratic course but maintain that it could still be a natural interstellar comet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, in a recent conversation regarding the interstellar object 3I\/ATLAS, stirred global debate. Loeb, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[7208,3029,15321,10189,15320,12624,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-23438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-3iatlas","9":"tag-alien","10":"tag-astrophysics","11":"tag-avi-loeb","12":"tag-claims","13":"tag-interstellar-object","14":"tag-manhattan","15":"tag-manhattan-headlines","16":"tag-manhattan-news","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-city","19":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}