3I, Atlas and comet
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Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have found.
I/ATLAS was recorded by several objects as it made its close pass by the sun this week which resulted in the jarring measurements.
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'Never Committing Suicide': The Comet 3I/ATLAS Conversation That Triggered Elon Musk's Declaration
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggested that the comet was an "alien probe sent to do recon on Earth", noting that the comet was releasing "four grams of nickel per second" with no iron detected - an unheard-of signature.