When amateur astronomer Colopa Stars snapped high-resolution images from Hanekaha,
Hawaii on November 30, 2025, no one expected a razor-thin anti-tail to appear stretching defiantly against the Sun, instantly igniting whispers that 3I/ATLAS might not be a simple comet at all (“because obviously, physics totally loves to take coffee breaks when we’re watching 
”) before scientists scrambled to explain it as a mere optical illusion, which only made social media erupt as conspiracy theories collided with mainstream science, turning this interstellar visitor into the talk of every forum from Reddit to Twitter 
