# IFLScience 2025: Avi Loeb says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is most likely natural as it heads away from Earth

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# Avi Loeb says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is most likely natural as it heads away from Earth

IFLScience, 2025. _IFLScience_.

IFLScience, 22 December 2025: Loeb says 3I is most likely natural as it heads away; quotes Jason Wright that anti-tails have been understood for about 50 years.

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## Cited by on this site 2 records

[The anti-tail and other "anomalies" have comet explanations](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/evidence/EVD0DFQ54ASXW5D/the-anti-tail-and-other-anomalies-have-comet-explanations)

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[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)

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IFLScience (2025). Avi Loeb says interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is most likely natural as it heads away from Earth. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/avi-loeb-says-interstellar-object-3iatlas-is-most-likely-natural-as-it-heads-away-from-earth-81981
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