New Image Reveals Persistent Energy Asymmetry Around Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

What is most striking is the persistence of the central luminosity relative to the surrounding coma. Even accounting for processing color maps and contrast enhancement, the core-to-coma ratio remains unusually high. This aligns with earlier observations of 3I/ATLAS showing anti-tail formation, jet persistence, and non-gravitational acceleration inconsistent with passive mass loss alone. In legal-forensic terms, this is not a random artifact. It is a repeated pattern across independent observations, instruments, and epochs.

In prior frames, we documented jet structures that appeared to flip in dominance, suggesting a rotating body with active regions that switch orientation relative to the Sun. In this image, that rotation appears to have stabilized into a dominant emission geometry. The halo’s smooth but directional falloff implies either controlled venting, a highly unusual surface composition, or an internal structure that channels energy in a way we do not typically see in known comet populations.