Avi Loeb: 3I/ATLAS Might STAY in Sun’s Orbit… But It Gets Worse

Avi Loeb: 3I/ATLAS Might STAY in Sun’s Orbit… But It Gets Worse

An object the size of Manhattan races toward the Sun at two hundred thousand kilometers per hour, and on October twenty-ninth it will either confirm itself as a natural comet or reveal something that changes our understanding of interstellar visitors. Tonight we move through the evidence on 3I/ATLAS, where trajectory analysis, mass calculations, and chemical spectroscopy document characteristics that challenge standard comet models. The object aligns with the ecliptic plane to within five degrees, a point two percent probability for random arrival. Its chemical composition shows ninety-five percent carbon dioxide against five percent water, a ratio far outside the range for every other comet studied. These patterns build through observations from Hubble, JWST, Gemini telescopes, and Mars orbiters. The scientific conversation has shifted from routine interstellar visitor to serious consideration of Avi Loeb's mothership hypothesis and the possibility of an Oberth maneuver at perihelion. The mass exceeds previous interstellar visitors by a thousand times. The timing places perihelion behind the Sun during a critical observation window. The chemical fingerprint suggests formation in the thick disk ten billion years ago. We trace the evolution from discovery in July through the Mars flyby in October to upcoming Juice observations in November, from scattered measurements to systematic documentation. The data validates anomalies building beneath headlines about signal detections and government shutdowns. Measurements arrive in spectra and brightness curves showing patterns across multiple independent instruments. This exploration moves through trajectory statistics, chemical composition ratios, and mass estimates that challenge our understanding of thick disk comets and interstellar objects. For those who find peace in mysteries unfolding through spectroscopy and orbital mechanics, join this journey into what 3I/ATLAS carries from the early galaxy.