3I/ATLAS was seen with a ‘glowing halo’ and ‘at least 7 distinct jets’ as it passes close to the sun, with stacked images showing anti-tails, with the true cause behind the new images still unclear
The mysterious interstellar object was reportedly at 29 degrees separation from the Sun(Image: NASA)
An alien expert claims that an interstellar object which is seemingly an “alien ship” with a “complex jet structure” and a “glowing halo” is passing by the sun.
The mysterious interstellar object, which has been dubbed 3I/ATLAS, was reportedly at 29 degrees separation from the Sun. Stacked images show a “large glowing halo extending out to half a million kilometres” with at least “7 distinct jets.” According to Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, some of them are anti-tails in the sunward direction.
In an article published by Loeb, he wrote: “This morning, at 4.10 Universal Time (UT) on November 8, 2025, the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS showed a complex jet structure. M. Jäger, G. Rhemann and E. Prosperi observed 3I/ATLAS at 29 degrees separation from the Sun in the sky.”
The comet went past by the sun(Image: NASA)
He added: “The stacked images, constituting 24 exposures in the green filter, each lasting 35 seconds , 2 exposures in a red filter and 2 exposures in a blue filter, show a large glowing halo extending out to half a million kilometers (5 arcminutes).
“The images show at least 7 distinct jets, some of which are anti-tails in the sunward direction.
At the time of observations, 3I/ATLAS was 7–10 degrees above the horizon. Eventually, twilight interfered with the observations, which took place under a bright moonlight.”
However, we don’t know for sure what the network of jets are associated with. They could be linked to pockets of ice on the surface of a natural cometary nucleus.
It seems to have a unique jet structure(Image: M. Jäger, G. Rhemann, E. Prosperi)
At the same time, Loeb claims that they could be “combing from a set of jet thrusters used for navigation of a spacecraft.”
It comes as the infamous 3I/ATLAS has stunned astronomers by blazing through our solar system on the most wildly stretched orbit ever observed, smashing all previous records for orbital eccentricity. Its dramatic trajectory is a cosmic fingerprint, confirming 3I/ATLAS as a true interstellar traveller.
The observation is significant because most objects in our solar system move around the sun in paths that are shaped like neat circles or gentle ovals.
However, 3I/ATLAS is different as it’s traveling on a path that is much more stretched out – almost like a very long, thin oval. This is the most stretched-out orbit scientists have ever seen.
Because its path is so unusual, astronomers know that 3I/ATLAS didn’t come from our solar system. Instead, it’s an interstellar visitor, meaning it came from somewhere far beyond the sun and is just passing through before heading back out into deep space.
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