This Interstellar Comet Is Leaking Water "Like a Water Hose at Full Blast"

This Interstellar Comet is Leaking Water "Like a Water Hose at Full Blast"

3I/ATLAS is shedding a whopping 40 kg of water per second.

Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find

A new analysis of our solar system's interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveals that it's spewing huge amounts of water — and astronomers can't immediately explain why. The object, which is widely believed to be comet, showed strong ultraviolet emissions that are unmistakable telltales of hydroxyl gas (OH), a byproduct of water, when astronomers imaged it with NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift space telescope before it disappeared behind the Sun. The em…

Scientists Baffled As To Why Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is Spewing Water At The Rate Of 88 Pounds Per Second Like A Firehose At Full Blast

by Geoffrey Grinder, Now The End Begins: A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveal that it’s spewing huge amounts of water and astronomers can’t immediately explain why. 3I/ATLAS is such an unusual entity that scientists have subtly stopped referring to it as a comet, instead giving it the title of ‘interstellar object’, […]

Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find - The Falling Darkness

Authored by Frank Landymore via Futurism.com, A new analysis of our solar system’s interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, reveals that it’s spewing huge amounts of water — and astronomers can’t immediately explain why. The object, which is widely believed [...] The post Interstellar Object Is Spraying Something Weird, Scientists Find appeared first on The Falling Darkness.