The object 3I/ATLAS made it past the Sun in one piece, which led Harvard astronomer to double down on his earlier argument about the object's nature.

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has intensified his call for NASA to release high-resolution images of the enigmatic interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, captured 40 days ago by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Harvard physicist Avi Loeb has drawn attention for his take on the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which was officially observed on July 1, 2025. According to NASA, “comet” 3I/ATLAS is the “third known object from outside our solar system to be discovered passing through our celestial neighborhood.”

In the fresh images of 3I/ATLAS taken from the Nordic Optical Telescope at La Palma in the Canary Islands on November 11, 2025, the interstellar interloper shows no evidence of breakup since its perihelion on October 29. In his blog, Professor Avi Loeb notes

We are on a 'blind date' with the cosmos, and our guest is hurtling through the solar system at 137,000 miles per hour. For months, it was just a mysterious speck, a speck that sparked a wildfire of speculation.