The Sun erupted with an X-class detonation just as 3I/ATLAS enters the final stretch of its inbound trajectory—a timing that could change everything scientists expect to see in the days leading to its historic flyby. By Samuel Lopez | USA Herald – The Sun has just injected a new variable into what was already the X-class solar activity arrives just as interstellar object 3I/ATLAS nears its December 19 close approach, raising new questions about how solar conditions may influence its anomalous behavior.