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This Popular Comet Is Nearing the Sun and Will Soon Exit Our Solar System Forever
I/ATLAS was first spotted by NASA scientists in May this year. Ever since, it has displayed behaviors that are not just unusual but highly mysterious.
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson: ‘Comet’ Racing Through Our Solar System So Massive It Could Be the Unthinkable
While NASA classifies the object as a harmless comet, per Economic Times, Loeb described the matter similar to a “blind date,” where he detailed: “You often assume that the dating partner would be very friendly, but you have to worry about serial killers, as well.”
NASA's silence on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has sparked online theories after scientists observed bizarre tail shifts and chemical anomalies unseen in normal comets.
Harvard scientist Avi Loeb warns that 3I/ATLAS could be an extraterrestrial “Trojan horse” whose presence has major implications for Earth.
They also noted that iron was not detected alongside the nickel, an uncommon pattern in comets. Rahatgaonkar and Seligman suggested that the nickel may be locked in molecules that break apart easily under sunlight, releasing the metal at low temperatures.
I/ATLAS is rich in carbon dioxide and challenging comet-theories. NASA's latest findings reveal why this interstellar visitor is rewriting the rules.
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Comet may blast NASA’s Jupiter probe with charged dust
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is on a trajectory that could soon lead to a fascinating encounter with NASA’s Jupiter probe. As this comet approaches Jupiter, it may shower the spacecraft with charged particles,