Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is losing an insane amount of mass after making its closest pass of the Sun last month, or perihelion, prompting Harvard scientist Avi Loeb to speculate that the object might've fragmented into over a dozen pieces. M. Jager, G. Rhemann, E. Prosperi

Did 3I-carus fly too close to the Sun?

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is losing an insane amount of mass after making its closest pass of the Sun last month — a phenomenon known as perihelion — prompting Harvard scientist Avi Loeb to speculate that the object might’ve fragmented into over a dozen pieces.

“Think of it as fireworks, resulting from the warming by the sunlight,” the astrophysicist told The Post in a Monday evening call. “The object exploded into multiple pieces.”

This dramatic weight loss would seem to

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