VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2025-07-16
“The simplest hypothesis is that 3I/ATLAS is a comet and we are missing the spectral features of its gaseous coma because of its large distance from Earth,”
Avi Loeb · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-16
Avi Loeb described the simplest explanation for the nature of 3I/ATLAS.
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