These forces can mimic or obscure the pure gravitational signals used to model the comet’s history. Researchers have built algorithms that incorporate different outgassing directions and strengths, comparing predictions to real-time positional data.
The method is the same used to analyze ʻOumuamua, although 3I/ATLAS—with its normal cometary coma and dust tail—offers a far more straightforward physical explanation.
As one dynamicist noted: “There’s no mystery physics here—just a very active comet doing what active comets do.”
31/ATLAS and Aliens: Avi Loeb’s Bold Theories on the Interstellar Visitor – USA Herald
Speculation vs. Science: No Evidence of Alien Technology
Whenever an interstellar object acts in unexpected ways, speculation follows—especially after the public debates around 1I/ʻOumuamua. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb has again suggested that unusual behavior could hint at artificial origins.
Scientists monitoring 3I/ATLAS emphasize that all available data point to a natural icy body.
