Interstellar Visitor with Carbonated Breath ⚡ экспресс
Original: "SPHEREx Discovery of Strong Water Ice Absorption and an Extended Carbon Dioxide Coma in 3I/ATLAS"
An object from another star system releases carbon dioxide like an open soda bottle, hiding its core in a cloud of dust.
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The interstellar object 3I ATLAS turned out to be surrounded by a giant cloud of carbon dioxide and dust. Its nucleus is less than 3 km across, but it looks like a huge snowball. This distorts our understanding of visitors from other stars.
🎯 This object is only the third known interstellar visitor after ‘Oumuamua and Comet Borisov.
🎬 The storyline echoes Arthur C. Clarke's 'Rendezvous with Rama': a mysterious object from interstellar space that challenges science.