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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Melvin Gascon

Avi Loeb Says C/2025 V1 and 3I/ATLAS 'Connection' Could Be 'Artificial'

Astronomers are monitoring interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, seen here through a telescope. Harvard’s Avi Loeb suggests could share an “artificial connection” with comet C/2025 V1. (Credit: YouTube)

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has sparked another wave of controversy by proposing that the newly discovered comet C/2025 V1 and interstellar object 3I/ATLAS might share an artificial connection.

In a recent essay published on Medium, Loeb speculated that if any link exists, it could involve non-gravitational propulsion—an effect that would imply an intelligent, possibly technological, origin.

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