New 3I ATLAS amateur photos have intensified the controversy — the object accelerates, glows and retains its shape, as if under control.

The discussion of new 3I ATLAS amateur images on the web has been going on for several days now. In the footage taken by amateur astronomers in Japan, Spain and the USA, the object does not look like a comet, but as an elongated symmetrical structure with clear lines and an even glow. Many users note that when the photo is zoomed in, straight contours are visible, resembling the outline of the case, and the glow appears to be directional — as if it were not reflected sunlight, but a controlled release of energy.

These images appeared just at the moment when the 3I ATLAS once again became the center of scientific controversy. After perihelion, the point of maximum approach to the Sun, it not only did not collapse, but also increased its glow, although the surface temperature at that time should have led to the complete evaporation of the ice. This is impossible for comets: under such conditions, they lose mass and form a powerful tail. However, 3I ATLAS remained intact, and its brightness increased by 15-20%. However, there are still no traces of fumes, gas emissions, or dust plumes in the images.

Now NASA records that the object continues to accelerate. Its current speed exceeds 245,000 kilometers per hour, and, according to calculations, it is growing, although the comet should have slowed down after passing the Sun. Avi Loeb of Harvard calls this a "pure violation of the gravitational equilibrium." That is, the 3I ATLAS moves as if an additional force is acting on it — but no one knows where it comes from.

Some astrophysicists admit that this may be the result of evaporation of matter from one side of the surface, but the absence of visible jets speaks against this hypothesis. On the contrary, all telescopes record an even symmetrical glow and a stable anti—tail pointing towards the Sun. This observation is unique. In rare cases, anti-tails appear in ordinary comets when dust lines up along the plane of the Solar System, but in the case of 3I ATLAS, it has remained perfectly straight, dense and stable for more than three weeks.

Earlier, a group of researchers led by David Jewitt and Jane Lu noted that the object demonstrates unusual resistance to Class X solar storms — no natural body can withstand this without losing its structure. Even during powerful solar flares, the 3I ATLAS did not change orientation, did not flinch, and showed no signs of evaporation. This has led many to believe that its composition differs from the usual icy cometary bodies and may consist of dense carbon or metallic material.

It is also interesting that the structure of the outliers in the images remains unchanged, although the object is rotating. According to calculations, the rotation period of 3I ATLAS is about 16 hours, but at this speed the jets should have been eroded, creating an annular halo. However, emissions remain narrow and targeted, as if they are kept under control. This is what led Avi Loeb to talk about the possibility of the technological nature of these jets — he cautiously suggested that they could be "navigation engines" that regulate the trajectory of movement.

Against the background of all these facts, new amateur photos with straight lines and uniform glow only increased suspicions. Even if they can be explained by optical errors, the coincidence is too strange. On different continents, at different viewing settings and angles, cameras capture a similar silhouette — an elongated cylinder, without traces of a dust tail, with an even halo and a hint of directional flows.

NASA has so far refrained from commenting. After a 43-day shutdown, the publication of images from the HiRISE camera is still delayed, although, according to Avi Loeb, photos from Mars orbit are already ready. A note appeared on the website of the HiRISE mission that "all images of the 3I ATLAS interstellar object are classified as federal-level materials," and this is what fuels the wave of rumors.

Meanwhile, enthusiasts continue to track the object from the Ground. Its apparent magnitude remains stable, which indicates a constant source of light — either internal or reflective. According to some reports, the glitter fluctuates with a light rhythm, which may indicate rotation with a constant direction, but not destruction.

All this makes 3I ATLAS the most mysterious object ever to fly through the Solar System. It violates the basic laws of physics, does not evaporate, does not slow down, does not lose its shape, does not show signs of a dust trail, and at the same time glows as if it radiates energy on its own. This is a challenge for astronomers, a reason to speculate for amateurs, and a source of headache for scientific agencies.

While there are no official pictures, every new amateur photo is perceived as a possible clue. And the longer NASA remains silent, the more it seems that 3I ATLAS is not just a comet, but a mystery that our science does not yet know how to deal with.