3I/ATLAS May Be Hidden Behind a Self-Regulating Dust Veil

This does not require extraordinary explanations. Natural comet physics can produce self-regulating dust shells, especially when volatile release and dust loading throttle one another. Nature often operates at critical thresholds, and comets are no exception. Yet the persistence and structure of 3I/ATLAS’s dust environment make it an outlier among known interstellar visitors, warranting closer scrutiny rather than easy classification.

For now, the safest conclusion is also the most unsettling: 3I/ATLAS is actively masking itself—not by intent, but by physics that push our models to their limits. Until higher-resolution observations or new viewing geometry peel back that veil, the object’s true surface will remain unseen.

One thing is certain.
3I/ATLAS is not showing us its true face.