New Data Confirms 3I/ATLAS Is Almost 50% Alien Tech, Scientists Are Terrified
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New Data Confirms 3I/ATLAS Is Almost 50% Alien Tech, Scientists Are Terrified
""A supposed comet is catching the attention of some of the nation's most renowned scientists as one Harvard professor is raising the theory this may actually be a piece of alien technology."" (0:00 - 0:08)
Now you might be asking yourself, why is the arrival of 3L Atlas stirring up what could be the biggest controversy in modern astronomy? After all, we’ve already had our jaws drop with the mysterious appearances of 1I Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I Borisov in 2019.
Here’s the catch: 3L Atlas is no ordinary visitor; it’s a record-breaking speedster. Zipping through space at a hyperbolic excess velocity of about 58 km/s, it leaves both Borisov (32.3 km/s) and Oumuamua (26.33 km/s) in the cosmic dust when it comes to interstellar cruising speed.
New Data Confirms 3I/ATLAS Is Almost 50% Alien Tech, Scientists Are Terrified
But the speed is just the beginning. What makes 3I Atlas truly jaw-dropping is its sheer scale and brightness. According to infrared data from the Hubble Space Telescope, its icy nucleus spans somewhere between 320 meters and 5.6 kilometers, with the most likely size hovering under a kilometer. Despite being nearly 490 million kilometers from Earth, it shines far brighter than scientists expected. Based on how much sunlight it reflects, early estimates even suggested it could stretch up to 20 kilometers across, making it between 100 and 200 times larger than Oumuamua and 50 to 100 times bigger than Borisov.
New Data Confirms 3I/ATLAS Is Almost 50% Alien Tech, Scientists Are Terrified
But, the biggest question on everyone’s mind: Does 3I Atlas actually contain water?
All signs point to yes. Multiple independent observations confirm the presence of water ice, water vapor, and hydroxide ions in its coma. Ultraviolet imaging from the Neil Gehrels-Swift Observatory picked up hydroxide ion emissions around 3085 Å, a reliable proxy for water, when the comet was still about 3.5 AU from the Sun. At that distance, water ice typically doesn’t sublimate efficiently, yet Atlas was producing water at a rate of about 40 kg per second. That level of activity suggests an active surface area of at least 19 km², meaning over 20% of its surface is venting water vapor into space.
The Gemini South telescope and NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility backed this up, spotting spectral signatures pointing to large water ice grains mixed into the coma. Their data suggest that roughly 30% of the coma dust is made up of ice. The spectral fingerprint even aligns with a mix of meteorite material and water ice, painting a compelling picture of just how rich in water this interstellar wanderer really is.
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