New York Post
By Ben Cost
Published June 2, 2026, 4:40 p.m. ET
3I/ATLAS may be departing our solar system, but it’s still very much on Avi Loeb’s mind.
In a recent blog post, the Harvard astrophysicist noted that the comet emitted an unusual quantity of methane during its tour of our galaxy, suggesting that our interstellar visitor was potentially pollinating the cosmos with life.
“Was the methane outgassing of 3I/ATLAS near the sun produced by life?” posited the scientist, who has long floated theories regarding the iceball’s possible provenance.
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