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Harvard Professor Avi Loeb has discussed 15 specific anomalies associated with 3I/ATLAS and highlighted the importance of examining them without prior expectations. According to Loeb, anomalies are by definition unexpected, and their relevance does not depend on whether they were predicted.
While NASA's James Webb Telescope and other instruments have already spotted abundant water vapor, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in 3I/ATLAS's coma, X-ray observations are uniquely sensitive to lighter gases such as hydrogen and nitrogen that are otherwise hard to detect.
Astronomers detect "wobbling high-latitude jet" in comet 3I/ATLAS, according to a preprint paper. A new mutation of flu strain A (H3N2) is driving an increase in influenza cases and hospitalizations. Bears in central Italy are evolving to become smaller and less aggressive after interacting with humans, study finds.
On July 1st, 2025, the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected was seen making its way through our solar system. Shortly after being alerted by automated detection systems, astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) began using observatories in Hawaii,