(NewsNation) — The Harvard scientist raising concerns about incoming comet 3I/ATLAS — namely, that it could be some kind of alien probe sent to study our solar system — is now saying the interstellar object may be nuclear-powered.

Avi Loeb said he bases this hypothesis on a July 21 image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and shared by NASA. He said the image shows a glow on the front end of 3I/ATLAS, as if it is emitting light.

31/ATLAS could be alien tech: Avi Loeb

For various reasons, Loeb rules out the possibility that this glow is attributable to reflected sunlight or rare interstellar nuclear material. Instead, he is zeroing in on his previous suggestion that 3I/ATLAS may be alien tech.

“ … 3I/ATLAS could be a spacecraft powered by nuclear energy, and the dust emitted from it

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