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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Prompts First-Ever Planetary Defense Drill
3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar comet detected, exhibits a sunward-pointing tail and nickel-only composition, losing 2 million tons of mass before its Oct. 29 perihelion, scientists report.
- 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object, is on the far side of the sun and will reach perihelion in late October 2025, according to IAWN observations.
- Spectrographs at Keck II and the European Very Large Telescope reveal intense nickel emissions without iron, with nickel bound to carbon and oxygen in a compound linked to industrial Earth processes.
- Aug. 2 images from the Two-meter Twin Telescope at Teide Observatory show a composite of 159 exposures revealing a fan-shaped, sunward-pointing jet roughly 6,200 miles long.
- A small group of researchers argues 3I/ATLAS might be artificial, but most scientists dispute this, while the International Asteroid Warning Network coordinates global monitoring amid NASA shutdown limits.
- Currently on the far side of the Sun, the comet will become visible in mid-November and December, as Avi Loeb calculates more than 33 gigawatts of solar power at perihelion caused around 2 million tons mass loss.
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Not an alien spacecraft: Nasa releases images of interstellar comet that is going back home
The comet was first discovered in July this year and has been captured in multiple photographs since then. In early August, images were released showing the comet from a distance of approximately 277 million miles
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Comet or alien? NASA-led group ramping efforts to track mysterious city-size object in our solar system
An asteroid warning network has announced it will investigate a comet that allegedly has potential alien origins.The comet, known as 3I/ATLAS, allegedly has peculiar traits that have not been seen in nature before. This theory is disputed, though.'Never seen in comets before.'A NASA coordinated group called the International Asteroid Warning Network has added 3I/ATLAS to its list of observation campaigns for November, stating that it will monito…
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