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Astronomers baffled by metal traces on 3I/ATLAS: 'Extremely puzzling'

Data analyzed from the interstellar visitor revealed massive amounts of nickel and iron in its gas plume, differentiating it from known comets.
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Newest 3I/ATLAS Study Reveals an “Extremely Puzzling” Discovery: Why Does It Have So Much Metal?

New questions emerge as an “extremely puzzling" discovery challenges our current ideas about the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS ...

3I/ATLAS is interstellar comet? Scientists study nickel and iron ratio in its coma, make big revelations into its structure, origin, C2 depletion, comet classification and ...

I/ATLAS is interstellar comet? Scientists are analyzing its nickel and iron ratio to understand how comets form across star systems. Observations from the Very Large Telescope in Chile show how nickel ...