When the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS first flew into our solar system in July 2025, scientists were both curious and amazed. It was only the third confirmed visitor from the vastness of interstellar space, a cosmic nomad moving at an incredible 58 kilometers per second. But when the object passed its perihelion on Oct. 29, 2025, the story changed from standard cometary science to something much more interesting.
Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard who is no stranger to controversial cosmic theories, has dropped a new bombshell. New analysis of images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that 3I/ATLAS is not merely tumbling through the void, but may be sporting a geometric arrangement of 'mini-jets' so precise they challenge our understanding of natural formation. Loeb has even gone so far as to describe the object as 'potentially hostile', currently giving it a ranking of 4 on his self-devised 10-point 'Loeb Scale'.
