any 40k views in there?
>I see it as a good quick rundown and a siphon or conduit for this place
We could always use a little more of that.
>40k view requires a listener to dive deep.
There is no shortage of revelations that can kick start the process in others.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 20, 2026
Io in True Color
The strangest moon in the Solar System is bright yellow. The featured picture, an attempt to show how Io would appear in the "true colors" perceptible to the average human eye, was taken in 1999 July by the Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. Io's colors derive from sulfur and molten silicate rock. The unusual surface of Io is kept very young by its system of active volcanoes. The intense tidal gravity of Jupiter stretches Io and damps wobbles caused by Jupiter's other Galilean moons. The resulting friction greatly heats Io's interior, causing molten rock to explode through the surface. Io's volcanoes are so active that they are effectively turning the whole moon inside out. Some of Io's volcanic lava is so hot it glows in the dark.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDmDLb56pm4
G4 Solar Storm, Another Major Auroral Event | S0 News and frens
Jan.20.2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZniPhzUUww
https://www.youtube.com/live/xFdgmQMOSas (Tamitha Skov: The Extreme Near G5 Solar Storm Bumper Car | Live Update & Forecast Briefing 19 January 2026)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiv-GHTfFp8 (MrMBB333: Global Disturbance detected as Shockwave ROCKS Earth!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LRxuH1LDAs (Stefan Burns: BREAKING 💥 We Haven't Seen A Solar Storm Like This in Decades…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDSLX8juRzQ (Dutchsinse: 1/19/2026 M4.9 Earthquake strikes Southern California Forecast area on target)
https://x.com/RealDutchsinse
https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo/status/2013631901429363016
https://x.com/ReedTimmerUSA/status/2013260320786010275
https://x.com/MrMBB333/status/2013262259561398520
https://x.com/MrMBB333/status/2013380357597610365
https://x.com/MrMBB333/status/2013431389044252896
https://x.com/MrMBB333/status/2013630233610690890
https://x.com/SolarHam/status/2013318585108640196
https://x.com/SchumannBotDE/status/2013627892404470126
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_weather/ESA_monitoring_January_2026_space_weather_event
https://earthsky.org/sun/severe-geomagnetic-storm-what-happened-to-auroras-bz-spaceweather/
https://www.sciencealert.com/aurora-watch-in-effect-as-severe-solar-storm-slams-into-earth
https://www.space.com/live/aurora-forecast-northern-lights-possible-tonight-jan-20
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/s4-severe-solar-radiation-storm-progress-january-19th-2026
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-severe-geomagnetic-storm-levels-reached-19-jan-2026
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/update-g4-severe-geomagnetic-storm-alert-issued
https://spaceweather.com/
Are the Three Mini-Jets, Coming Out of 3I/ATLAS at 120 Degree Separation, a Technological Signature?
January 19, 2026
Shortly after its perihelion passage on October 29, 2025, the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was imaged by amateur astronomers to have multiple jets coming out of it (as I discussed here).
The jet structure is best revealed in projected images by applying the Larson-Sekanina Rotational Gradient filter that removes the circularly symmetric glowing halo around the nucleus of 3I/ATLAS.
Applying this filter to 6 images of 3I/ATLAS taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on January 14, 2026 (available here), revealed a symmetric system of 3 mini-jets out to 25,000 kilometers.
The 3 mini-jets are separated by 120 degrees from each other in sky projection, and are supplemented by a 4th anti-tail jet extending 10 times farther in the sunward direction.
The 3 symmetric jets appear persistently in the Larson-Sekanina filtering of 24 other images taken by the Hubble Space Telescopes on November 30, December 4, 12, 27, 2025 and January 7, 14, 2026 (as listed here).
Analysis of these images was presented in a new paper that I co-authored with Toni Scarmato , which was posted today here. It demonstrates that the jet structure around 3I/ATLAS wobbles periodically by +/-20 degrees over a period of 7.1 hours.
The wobble is likely the result of rotation, with each jet behaving like a misaligned beam from a rotating lighthouse. The rotation axis is oriented surprisingly close (within 10–20 degrees) to the sunward direction, as already inferred back in August 2025 (and reported here).
In another paper that I co-authored with Mauro Barbieri last week (available here), we had shown that on January 22, 2026, the observing direction of 3I/ATLAS from Earth will align to within 0.69 degrees with the anti-sunward direction.
During that rare alignment, the rotating configuration of 3 mini-jets might trace a circle in the sky.
My brilliant colleague, Dr. Frank Laukien, noted: “The symmetric 120-degrees angular spacing between the 3 mini-jets is astounding! It is hard to imagine such a symmetry in a natural macroscopic object.
A key question is: are three symmetric mini-jets the minimum viable configuration of propulsion devices to re-orient an object in three-dimensional space? Human-made satellite thrusters usually come in pairs on opposing directions.
Could the mini-jet geometric arrangement be an indication of active technology? For orthogonal thruster systems, one would need 6 thrusters, with two opposing thrusters along each of the three orthogonal spatial directions.
If 3I/ATLAS rotates around its major axis every 7.1 hours or so, then thrusters in the direction of the major axis would not be very useful, and perhaps just (3+1)=4 thrusters in the plane orthogonal to the major rotation axis are sufficient for some sort of technical manipulation like attitude adjustments?”
Indeed, we observe a system of 3 symmetric mini-jets plus 1 major jet. Additional data might help to address Frank’s question.
The symmetric jet structure is just one out of 18 anomalies of 3I/ATLAS, as listed here. Identifying one of them as a clear technological signature would boost the rank of 3I/ATLAS high on the Loeb Classification Scale, formulated here, here and here.
Scientific work requires patience, since new knowledge comes one day at a time. Life brings joy when each day teaches us something new.
My morning jog at sunrise today was decorated by symmetric fresh snowflakes. There is nothing more invigorating than the beauty of symmetry in nature, both on Earth and in the sky.
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/are-the-three-mini-jets-coming-out-of-3i-atlas-at-120-degree-separation-a-technological-signature-ba748a017aa0
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/alien-technology-warning-avi-loeb-raises-alarm-over-impossible-triple-jets-firing-3i-atlas-1772110
https://usaherald.com/new-ground-based-imagery-strengthens-case-that-3i-atlas-is-a-layered-and-structurally-coherent-object/
https://usaherald.com/new-imaging-brings-3i-atlas-into-sharper-view-ahead-of-rare-january-22-solar-alignment/
https://www.iflscience.com/heads-up-nows-your-last-chance-to-see-comet-3iatlas-in-real-time-before-it-disappears-from-view-82277
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nfWh7ggYWw (Dobsonian Power: 3I/ATLAS JET WITH MASSIVE SOLAR EXPLOSION!)
https://x.com/NRivelato/status/2013540886957662325
https://x.com/QuantumDox/status/2013413589617455173
https://x.com/Defence12543/status/2013454253638197371
https://x.com/GreatestGoodTar/status/2013353635325833306
https://x.com/3IATLASEXPOSED/status/2013325666368811101
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17 Ships coming in from Lyra 3I Atlas was the data collector NASA crapping their pants
Big events
2:03 PM · Jan 18, 2026
https://x.com/ECETIStargate/status/2012973419545972926
https://www.youtube.com/@EcetiStargateOfficial
And then what?