Scientists expected to have more clarity into 3I/ATLAS, when NASA finally released high-resolution images of the latest interstellar traveller to the Solar System. Instead, they encountered additional mystery. While the space agency celebrates the visual data, Harvard scientist Avi Loeb has identified a peculiar anomaly that defies standard cometary physics.
According to his analysis, the object might not just be a passive rock drifting through space, but rather an artificial craft utilising 'headlights' to sweep hazardous debris out of its way.
