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Comet 3I/ATLAS

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Latest Revelations From 3I/ATLAS Show An Unusual Comet Rich In Methane And Absolutely No Traces Of Alien TechA handful of radio antennas and overlaid many colorful lines

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Latest Revelations From 3I/ATLAS Show An Unusual Comet Rich In Methane And Absolutely No Traces Of Alien TechA handful of radio antennas and overlaid many colorful lines
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Latest Revelations From 3I/ATLAS Show An Unusual Comet Rich In Methane And Absolutely No Traces Of Alien Tech

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Astonishingly High Ratio Of Semi-Heavy Water To Water, Over 40 Times Earth's Oceansartist impression of earth and comet 3I/ATLAS side by side with inset showing that the comet has a lot more semi-heavy water compared to earth's oceans

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Astonishingly High Ratio Of Semi-Heavy Water To Water, Over 40 Times Earth's Oceansartist impression of earth and comet 3I/ATLAS side by side with inset showing that the comet has a lot more semi-heavy water compared to earth's oceans
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Astonishingly High Ratio Of Semi-Heavy Water To Water, Over 40 Times Earth's Oceans

clock-iconApril 24, 2026

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Leaking Methane, Unlike The Two Previous Interstellar VisitorsThe photo shows the comet and its tail in front of many background stars

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Leaking Methane, Unlike The Two Previous Interstellar VisitorsThe photo shows the comet and its tail in front of many background stars
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Leaking Methane, Unlike The Two Previous Interstellar Visitors

clock-iconApril 17, 2026

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New Deep-Space Color Image And Revolutionary Insight About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From Jupiter-Bound JUICE MissionA wide, dark sky is filled with countless tiny points of light, like a dense spray of stars. Near the lower left of centre, a small, soft green glow stands out among the stars, appearing slightly fuzzy compared to the sharp pinpoints around it. This is comet 3I/ATLAS. The rest of the scene fades into deep black space with scattered stars of varying brightness.

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New Deep-Space Color Image And Revolutionary Insight About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From Jupiter-Bound JUICE MissionA wide, dark sky is filled with countless tiny points of light, like a dense spray of stars. Near the lower left of centre, a small, soft green glow stands out among the stars, appearing slightly fuzzy compared to the sharp pinpoints around it. This is comet 3I/ATLAS. The rest of the scene fades into deep black space with scattered stars of varying brightness.
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New Deep-Space Color Image And Revolutionary Insight About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS From Jupiter-Bound JUICE Mission

clock-iconApril 2, 2026

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shines Across Deep Space In Brand New VideoA white, glowing egg-shaped object lies in the centre of the black-and-white image, on a dark, starry background. Glowing streaks spread upwards from the object. In the top left, a yellow arrow marked ‘Sun’ points straight down, and a blue arrow marked ‘Velocity’ points towards the 7 o’clock direction. In the bottom left, an inset shows the same object on a lighter grey starry background, filled with ragged-edged, concentric egg shapes gradiented black-to-white.

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shines Across Deep Space In Brand New VideoA white, glowing egg-shaped object lies in the centre of the black-and-white image, on a dark, starry background. Glowing streaks spread upwards from the object. In the top left, a yellow arrow marked ‘Sun’ points straight down, and a blue arrow marked ‘Velocity’ points towards the 7 o’clock direction. In the bottom left, an inset shows the same object on a lighter grey starry background, filled with ragged-edged, concentric egg shapes gradiented black-to-white.
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shines Across Deep Space In Brand New Video

clock-iconMarch 23, 2026

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As Jupiter Probe Sends Back Video Of 3I/ATLAS, SETI Searches Our Interstellar Visitor For TechnosignaturesAn image of 3I/ATLAS captured by ESA's JUICE spacecraft on its way to Jupiter.

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As Jupiter Probe Sends Back Video Of 3I/ATLAS, SETI Searches Our Interstellar Visitor For TechnosignaturesAn image of 3I/ATLAS captured by ESA's JUICE spacecraft on its way to Jupiter.
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As Jupiter Probe Sends Back Video Of 3I/ATLAS, SETI Searches Our Interstellar Visitor For Technosignatures

clock-iconMarch 23, 2026

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS May Have Formed Around An Old, Low-Metallicity Star In The Milky Way's Outer DiskAn ultraviolet composite image of the hydrogen atoms surrounding comet 3I/ATLAS

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS May Have Formed Around An Old, Low-Metallicity Star In The Milky Way's Outer DiskAn ultraviolet composite image of the hydrogen atoms surrounding comet 3I/ATLAS
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS May Have Formed Around An Old, Low-Metallicity Star In The Milky Way's Outer Disk

clock-iconMarch 20, 2026

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has An Unusual Mixture Of Alcohol And Cyanide, ALMA Revealsthe artist impression uses colors to distinguish where the emission is coming from. the methanol cloud is very large while the hydrogen cyanide covers just a small portion of it.

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has An Unusual Mixture Of Alcohol And Cyanide, ALMA Revealsthe artist impression uses colors to distinguish where the emission is coming from. the methanol cloud is very large while the hydrogen cyanide covers just a small portion of it.
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has An Unusual Mixture Of Alcohol And Cyanide, ALMA Reveals

clock-iconMarch 9, 2026

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is About To Have A Potentially Course-Altering Encounter, Before Heading Towards The Gemini ConstellationInfrared light emitted by organic molecules (left) and water (right) from 3I/ATLAS.

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is About To Have A Potentially Course-Altering Encounter, Before Heading Towards The Gemini ConstellationInfrared light emitted by organic molecules (left) and water (right) from 3I/ATLAS.
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is About To Have A Potentially Course-Altering Encounter, Before Heading Towards The Gemini Constellation

clock-iconFebruary 28, 2026
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Stunning New Image Shows Comet 3I/ATLAS After Its Closest Pass To The SunA white, glowing egg-shaped object lies in the centre of the black-and-white image, on a dark, starry background. Glowing streaks spread upwards from the object. In the top left, a yellow arrow marked ‘Sun’ points straight down, and a blue arrow marked ‘Velocity’ points towards the 7 o’clock direction. In the bottom left, an inset shows the same object on a lighter grey starry background, filled with ragged-edged, concentric egg shapes gradiented black-to-white.

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Stunning New Image Shows Comet 3I/ATLAS After Its Closest Pass To The SunA white, glowing egg-shaped object lies in the centre of the black-and-white image, on a dark, starry background. Glowing streaks spread upwards from the object. In the top left, a yellow arrow marked ‘Sun’ points straight down, and a blue arrow marked ‘Velocity’ points towards the 7 o’clock direction. In the bottom left, an inset shows the same object on a lighter grey starry background, filled with ragged-edged, concentric egg shapes gradiented black-to-white.
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Stunning New Image Shows Comet 3I/ATLAS After Its Closest Pass To The Sun

clock-iconFebruary 27, 2026

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We Could Send A Mission That Could Intercept Comet 3I/ATLAS By 2085 – Here's HowThe photo shows the comet and its tail in front of many background stars

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We Could Send A Mission That Could Intercept Comet 3I/ATLAS By 2085 – Here's HowThe photo shows the comet and its tail in front of many background stars
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We Could Send A Mission That Could Intercept Comet 3I/ATLAS By 2085 – Here's How

clock-iconFebruary 19, 2026
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Years Before 3I/ATLAS Arrived, Our First Known Interstellar Visitor Was A Weirdo Called 'OumuamuaArtist’s impression of the interstellar asteroid `Oumuamua

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Years Before 3I/ATLAS Arrived, Our First Known Interstellar Visitor Was A Weirdo Called 'OumuamuaArtist’s impression of the interstellar asteroid `Oumuamua
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Years Before 3I/ATLAS Arrived, Our First Known Interstellar Visitor Was A Weirdo Called 'Oumuamua

clock-iconFebruary 13, 2026

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Not All Ice Escaping From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Forms The Same ShapeFour images showing the distribution of dust, water, organics, and carbon dioxide around comet atlas. Carbon dioxide is very large and circular. Water is smaller but still circular. organics is smaller still and bit squished. the dust is instead very asymettrical longer on side than the other.

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Not All Ice Escaping From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Forms The Same ShapeFour images showing the distribution of dust, water, organics, and carbon dioxide around comet atlas. Carbon dioxide is very large and circular. Water is smaller but still circular. organics is smaller still and bit squished. the dust is instead very asymettrical longer on side than the other.
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Not All Ice Escaping From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Forms The Same Shape

clock-iconFebruary 6, 2026
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Comet-3I/ATLAS Dramatically Changed Activity After Perihelion With Massive Release Of Organic Moleculesthe emission is roughly circucilar and fairly pixelated but it shows an significant region around a bright center, the cometary nucleus.

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Comet-3I/ATLAS Dramatically Changed Activity After Perihelion With Massive Release Of Organic Moleculesthe emission is roughly circucilar and fairly pixelated but it shows an significant region around a bright center, the cometary nucleus.
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Comet-3I/ATLAS Dramatically Changed Activity After Perihelion With Massive Release Of Organic Molecules

clock-iconJanuary 23, 2026
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Heads Up! Now’s Your Last Chance To See Comet 3I/ATLAS In Real-Time Before It Disappears From ViewComet 3I/ATLAS as seen by the Virtual Telescope project. A bright dot with a tail

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Heads Up! Now’s Your Last Chance To See Comet 3I/ATLAS In Real-Time Before It Disappears From ViewComet 3I/ATLAS as seen by the Virtual Telescope project. A bright dot with a tail
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Heads Up! Now’s Your Last Chance To See Comet 3I/ATLAS In Real-Time Before It Disappears From View

clock-iconJanuary 20, 2026
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