The mystery behind space object 3I/ATLAS continues to grow.
In a recent New York Post report, it was noted that 3I/ATLAS not only continues to show signs of an “atypical” comet tail, but that Harvard professor Avi Loeb believes there could be something else troubling about this space object.
In his latest post for Medium, Loeb wrote that after 3I/ATLAS experienced perihelion, it “showed a tear-drop shape of its coma with an extension by about an arcminute towards the Sun.”
As the Post noted, this “anti-tail” may consist of an array of objects. Loeb himself posed a powerful question in regards to this strange phenomenon:
If the anti-tail is indeed associated with a swarm of non-evaporating objects around 3I/ATLAS, the interesting question is: What is the nature of these objects? Are they rocky fragments or something else?
Indeed, Loeb makes a great point. What could be the nature of these objects? As NASA recently stated that 3I/ATLAS was nothing more than a comet, what kind of scientific case are we looking at here?
The growing mystery of 3I/ATLAS—its unusual shape, unexplained anti-tail, and the questions it raises—naturally sparks speculation about extraterrestrial life. Is this all part of a great deception to lead people away from looking at what is eternal and who can save them?
In the midst of this cosmic intrigue, the most critical message remains unchanged: no matter what, our eyes must never leave Jesus.
Abby Trivett is a writer and editor for Charisma Media and has a passion for sharing the gospel through the written word. She holds two degrees from Regent University, a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism. She is the author of the upcoming book, The Power of Suddenly: Discover How God Can Change Everything in a Moment.
