Icy Visitor from Another System ⚡ экспресс
Original: "SPHEREx Re-Observation of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS in December 2025: Detection of Increased Post-Perihelion Activity, Refractory Coma Dust, and New Coma Gas Species"
The SPHEREx telescope caught an interstellar wanderer 'boiling' from solar heat, releasing clouds of vapor and organics.
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An icy blob from another star system approached the Sun and suddenly 'hissed,' releasing clouds of vapor and even complex organics. It turned out that carbon ices were hidden inside, which only a space probe could reveal. Now we know: the building blocks of life can survive interstellar journeys.
🎯 ISO 3I/ATLAS is one of only two known interstellar visitors to date (the first being 'Oumuamua).
🎬 Sci-fi writers have long sent ships and asteroids on interstellar journeys—like in Arthur C. Clarke's 'Rendezvous with Rama.' But the real object turned out far dirtier and chemically richer than any fiction.