HiRISE image under-delivers — and Loeb is not surprised
NASA’s highly anticipated image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, taken October 3, arrived with only 30 km-per-pixel resolution and notable spacecraft jitter. The result: a smeared, bright blur.
NASA framed it as confirmation of a benign comet.
Loeb framed it differently:
“NASA should have emphasized what we do not understand rather than repeat familiar explanations.”
He also invoked Sherlock Holmes:
“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.”
The real story NASA didn’t mention: Our solar system is entering a dense interstellar cloud
While NASA focused tightly on 3I/ATLAS, a far larger — and far more consequential — cosmic event is quietly underway:
Our solar system is crossing into a new, unusually dense region of interstellar space.
This transition is not speculative. For years, researchers have tracked Voyager data and heliospheric changes that indicate:
- increased interstellar hydrogen
- compression of the heliosphere
- higher cosmic-ray penetration
- unusual magnetic field fluctuations
Just days ago, the U.S. saw auroras over California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and Alabama — a phenomenon normally requiring extreme solar storms.
Earth’s magnetic environment is becoming more reactive because of the dense cloud our solar system is now sailing into — a region known as the Local Interstellar Cloud, or “Local Fluff.” The cloud’s density is increasing as we enter a thicker segment of it.
This is where the story deepens.
