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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Denise Nequinto

Harvard's Avi Loeb Claims 'Coming Weeks Will Be Decisive' for 3I/ATLAS Mystery

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

With the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS making its first appearance since vanishing behind the Sun for the past several weeks, scientists are looking to capture every single detail. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb claims that the coming weeks may bring about new information about the third interstellar traveller.

Speaking with NewsNation's Elizabeth Vargas on Monday, 10 November, Loeb said that 3I/ATLAS images show jets coming out of it after it passed by the Sun in recent days. The outer galaxy comet, which scientists first discovered early this year, was found to be losing a lot of mass. The scientist added that this may mean the comet has potentially broken up into smaller pieces.

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