Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Grows Tail After Anti-Tail Phase, Fueling Debate Over Harvard Scientist’s Alien Craft Theory

What’s Next

NASA is expected to release the HiRISE images once the government shutdown concludes, potentially providing definitive visual evidence about 3I/ATLAS’s structure and composition. The International Asteroid Warning Network will continue coordinated observations as the object approaches perihelion, its closest point to the sun. Additional spectroscopic analysis of the tail composition is anticipated from multiple observatories worldwide to determine whether it matches the unusual chemical signature of the earlier anti-tail. Loeb and other researchers will likely publish peer-reviewed analyses once the full dataset becomes available.

Sources

Nordic Optical Telescope imaging data (September 2025) — Jewitt and Luu 2025 Research paper by Avi Loeb, Harvard University (2025) International Asteroid Warning Network monitoring notice (IAWN website)