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Brian Cox

English physicist and musician

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Nov 11, 2025
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How have other astronomers responded to Avi Loeb's claims about 3I/ATLAS?

Avi Loeb’s public claims that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be a technological artifact have drawn a split response: , while Loeb and some allies press for further scrutiny and greater data t...

Jan 12, 2026
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What alternative natural origins have been proposed for 3i/atlas and how do they compare to loeb's hypothesis?

Three competing narratives have emerged to explain 3I/ATLAS’s oddities: an astrogeological origin as a lithified, stratified siliciclastic fragment from an exoplanetary sedimentary basin (the “sedimen...