New data on comet 3I/ATLAS shows million‑km twin jets defying known physics. Experts debate if it's natural or engineered, igniting fierce scientific controversy.
NASA has just pulled back the curtain on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, outlining four specific scientific findings that ...
ALMA Detects Most Enriched Concentration Of Methanol And Hydrogen Cyanide Observed In Any Comet Ever See Also: Meanwhile, ...
Because of these strange features, experts say the tail does not look like it is made from the usual dust and gas that most comets release. On top of that, the tail becomes dim very quickly, which is ...
In its study of the third interstellar object ever recorded in the solar system, 3I/ATLAS, the ALMA observatory detected the most enriched concentrations of CH₃OH (methanol) and HCN (hydrogen cyanide) ...
Comet 3I Atlas was discovered by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, and reported to the Minor ...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Jupiter were seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A). Credit: Space.com | NASA STEREO | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar visitor, hence the prefix “3I.” The second known interstellar body, Comet 2I/Borisov, was discovered by the Russian astronomer Gennady Borisov in August ...
Since the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered this past July — just the third confirmed object to arrive from another star — ...
Scientists say that 3I/ATLAS has likely been traveling through interstellar space for a long time. Based on how fast it was ...
Comet 3I Atlas is currently ~186 million miles from Earth, which is twice the distance from the Earth to the sun. It is ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A telescope in Chile has captured a stunning new picture of a grand and graceful cosmic butterfly ...