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Evidence · 3I/ATLAS

The anti-tail and other "anomalies" have comet explanations

The sunward anti-tail is explained by ice grains surviving longer on the sunward side, in a paper Loeb co-wrote, and Jason Wright answered the other listed anomalies with known comet behaviour; by December 2025 Loeb said 3I was most likely natural.

Supported0

What it means

Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onA technological object
Counts against1 for, 2 against
Still possibleunchanged
What it implies
  1. The features cited for technology have natural readings, accepted even by the hypothesis's author.For the key question: Is 3I/ATLAS a natural comet or a technological object?

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The anti-tail and other "anomalies" have comet explanations [Evidence EVD0DFQ54ASXW5D]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFQ54ASXW5D
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