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Awakening an interstellar wanderer: Surprising nickel detection in Comet 3I/ATLAS
The chemical signatures we're observing may reflect both the comet's ancient origins and its long journey through interstellar space.
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Rohan Rahatgaonkar is a Ph.D. student at the Instituto de Astrofísica-Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University.
In a surprising discovery, our team has detected glowing nickel vapor in the gas surrounding the incoming interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at an extraordinary distance from the sun, where temperatures remain far too cold for metals to normally vaporize. This unexpected finding provides new insights into the chemistry of materials from beyond our solar system.
Comet growing a tail could be alien technology, Harvard professor suggests
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Harvard Professor Avi Loeb discusses the mystery surrounding the 31/ATLAS comet and explains his argument that it has a 40% chance of being alien technology.
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An interstellar comet will reach its closest point to the sun this week. Don't worry, it won't even come close to Earth.
An interstellar comet that entered our solar system for a brief visit this year has captivated the attention of astronomers from around the world. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar object ever detected passing through our solar system, according to NASA.
The comet was first discovered on July 1, 2025, by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope located in Rio Hurtado, Chile.
Astronomers were able to look back at telescope archives and found that the comet had been observed as far back as June 14. Observations from the Hubble Telescope indicate that the comet’s nucleus is no smaller than 1,444 feet and isn’t bigger than 3.5 miles.
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