I/ATLAS has unexpectedly become bluer than the Sun, hinting that it could be emitting light, not just reflecting it — a sign it may be composed of something far beyond ordinary comet material.

Avi Loeb appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, where interest in the Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS was revived. The Harvard astrophysicist suggested that the object might be more than a normal comet.

Astronomers are puzzled by new data showing that 3I/ATLAS, the mysterious interstellar object, may have slowed down unexpectedly during its journey through space. After NASA’s instruments went silent,

Physicist Brian Cox has confirmed that Comet 3I/ATLAS — an interstellar traveller predating our Sun — is a natural object composed of ice, dust, and carbon dioxide, and not of extraterrestrial design.