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Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb delivered a startling update this week: the interstellar visitor known as 3I/ATLAS behaved unpredictably as it skimmed past the sun, showing a complex set of jets and a sudden bluish brightening that has scientists scratching their heads. These are not the dull, familiar comets of textbooks — observers report multiple distinct jets and an anti‑tail pointed sunward, phenomena that beg for public scrutiny rather than bureaucratic silence.
On Newsmax’s America Right Now, Loeb didn’t mince words about why American taxpayers haven’t seen the sharpest government images: he blamed the ongoing federal shutdown for delaying the release of critical Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photos taken during a close approach. Instead of a transparent, all‑hands‑on‑deck scientific response, our own agencies are hamstrung by political gridlock while foreign programs race to fill the gap.
The technical oddities recorded so far are not trivial curiosities — Loeb and other researchers note non‑gravitational accelerations, an inferred mass loss during perihelion of more than 13 percent, and an absence of the expected dusty tail despite massive outgassing. In plain language: the object brightened faster than any known comet, was bluer than the sun near perihelion, and its behavior defies easy explanation, which is exactly why the American people deserve full transparency.
Meanwhile, China’s Tianwen‑1 Mars orbiter was able to capture and publicly release close‑range images and even an animation of the object — a reminder that when America falters, others gladly step into the breach. That the first detailed probe imagery available to the public came from Beijing rather than the United States should make every patriot uneasy about our standing in space.
Reporters and watchdogs are already pointing out the optics: U.S. high‑resolution images exist but remain unreleased, while foreign missions have shown what they captured; lawmakers and scientists including Loeb have called for those images to be made public as soon as possible. This is a national embarrassment born of Washington paralysis — and the consequences could be more than reputational if a true anomaly were being studied quietly instead of openly.
Conservatives should be the loudest voice for transparency and American leadership here — not because every unknown must be an invasion, but because secrecy and incompetence are the enemies of public trust and national security. We should fund our science, end the shutdown that ties NASA’s hands, and demand that data gathered with taxpayer resources be released promptly to independent scientists and the public.
Dr. Loeb and his Galileo Project have long pressed for bold, open inquiry into unexplained phenomena; their public engagement has inspired careers and curiosity across the globe, and that independent spirit is exactly what America needs more of in times like these. If we want to remain the world’s leader in discovery and defense, we must back the researchers who ask hard questions and stop letting partisan dysfunction cede initiative to rivals.
Hardworking Americans deserve clear answers, not coverups or excuses. Congress should act now to end the shutdown, release the images, and restore an aggressive, transparent American presence in space that protects our interests and satisfies the curiosity that made this country great.
