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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
David Unyime Nkanta

Avi Loeb Highlights 3I/ATLAS Anomalies Amid Sterile Neutrino Controversy in Physics

Astrophysicist Avi Loeb has highlighted a set of perplexing anomalies in the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, suggesting that some of our traditional ideas about comets, and perhaps even fundamental physics, may need to be revisited.

His argument is based on parallels with failed experiments recently conducted in search for 'sterile neutrinos,' a hypothetical ghost particle. The analogy highlights the scientific community's unwillingness to face actual anomalies, as Loeb would put it.

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