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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
David Unyime Nkanta

3I/ATLAS Anomaly: Harvard Expert Warns Against Ignoring Surprising Data

134-image stack of 3I/ATLAS at perihelion, observed by PUNCH WFI3 on October 29, 2025. (Credit: kwalsh4a, Marshall Eubanks)

A leading Harvard astrophysicist has renewed debate over the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, warning colleagues not to ignore data that appear to defy standard models.

Professor Avi Loeb, head of Harvard's Institute for Theory and Computation, says new data suggest the comet-like traveller is showing non-gravitational acceleration at perihelion—behaviour that could have implications far beyond conventional physics.

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