Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is Spewing Gas Surprisingly Slowly, New Observations Show

Oct 5, 2026 - 09:15
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is Spewing Gas Surprisingly Slowly, New Observations Show
The spatial distribution of cyanogen around 3I/ATLAS. Image credit: Cochran et al., doi: 10.3847/PSJ/aea086.

Using spectral data from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas, astronomers have traced gas from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third object of its kind ever observed, out to more than 85,000 km from its nucleus.

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