Posts Tagged ‘3I/ATLAS’
NASA Releases 3I/ATLAS Images – But Is It Too Late?
NASA has released the previously withheld images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, dismissing any speculation about it being alien technology. As the US government reopens after its longest shutdown in the country’s history, NASA has published the close-up images taken of 3I/ATLAS by its Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) between 11 September and 2 October. NASA…
Read More3IATLAS: Life In The Misinformation Age
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is continuing to cause worldwide concern and wild speculation as it traces a curious trajectory across through space. 3I/ATLAS has been the subject of intense astronomical research and media scrutiny since July when it was first observed by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile. Only the third interstellar object…
Read More3I/ATLAS Rich In Carbon Dioxide
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made its first observations of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, revealing the comet contains an unusually high level of carbon dioxide. Initial observations of 3I/ATLAS by JWST suggest it has one of the highest ratios of carbon dioxide (CO2) to water (H2O) ever recorded in a comet. These first observations…
Read MoreInterstellar Overdrive
The discovery of a massive interstellar object travelling at phenomenal speed towards our Sun has thrown astrophysicists, ufologists and tin-foil hat conspiracy theorists alike into speculative overdrive. The object, known as 3I/ATLAS, is said to most likely be a comet and it is only the third time in history astronomers have discovered an interstellar object…
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