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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Christelle May Napiza

3I/ATLAS' 'Anti-Tail' Suddenly Wobbles Near the Sun — and Avi Loeb Wants Answers About Why

An unprecedented sun-directed structure on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has exhibited an unexpected wobble near the Sun, prompting intense scientific debate.

Harvard University astrophysicist Professor Avi Loeb has called for a rigorous investigation into this behaviour. Loeb states that the object's 'anti-tail' and its subsequent change in orientation cannot be fully explained by conventional cometary physics alone.

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