# NASA: it looks and behaves like a comet

> At its 19 November 2025 briefing, with images from more than a dozen spacecraft, NASA said 3I "looks and behaves like a comet".

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Evidence · 3I/ATLAS

# NASA: it looks and behaves like a comet

At its 19 November 2025 briefing, with images from more than a dozen spacecraft, NASA said 3I "looks and behaves like a comet".

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## What it means

Key question[Is 3I/ATLAS a natural comet or a technological object?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/questions/QST0DFQ0N9WT65H/is-3i-atlas-a-natural-comet-or-a-technological-object)

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Answer this evidence bears on[A natural comet from another planetary system](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/answers/ANS0DFQ33MX6KQN/a-natural-comet-from-another-planetary-system)

Supports2 for, none against

**Still possible** unchanged

What it implies
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The agency with the most observations treats it as a comet.For the key question: Is 3I/ATLAS a natural comet or a technological object?

## Sources 2

[Comet 3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSKBNWM1PB8/comet-3i-atlas)

Science 2026

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[NASA reveals new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from across the solar system: 'It looks and behaves like a comet'](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFPZ6F4QP03/nasa-reveals-new-images-of-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-from)

Space.com 2025

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). NASA: it looks and behaves like a comet [Evidence EVD0DFQ53VZEVM7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFQ53VZEVM7
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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/sessions/SES0DFQC03S98K5/session-1-3i-atlas-opened-the-literature-to-november-2026) · 2 Nov 2026

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