ALMA Detects Most Enriched Concentration Of Methanol And Hydrogen Cyanide Observed In Any Comet Ever See Also: Meanwhile, ...

A simple look at ALMA’s new finding showing the highest methanol and hydrogen cyanide levels ever seen in a comet.

In its study of the third interstellar object ever recorded in the solar system, 3I/ATLAS, the ALMA observatory detected the most enriched concentrations of CH₃OH (methanol) and HCN (hydrogen cyanide) ...

KEY FINDINGS The structure is wrong for a comet. The direction of the activity defies solar physics. And every new image ...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Jupiter were seen by NASA's Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A). Credit: Space.com | NASA STEREO | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

KEY FINDINGS The latest image confirms a shape we first saw long before anyone realized its significance. Rotational waves now appear to dominate the object’s entire coma. And the evidence continues ...

3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar visitor, hence the prefix “3I.” The second known interstellar body, Comet 2I/Borisov, was discovered by the Russian astronomer Gennady Borisov in August ...

Public fascination with the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS intensified this week after a surge of online posts claimed the visitor was aligned with newly discovered comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) in what some ...

A newly announced analysis of comet 3I/ATLAS has renewed global scientific interest in interstellar objects and their ...

Since the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered this past July — just the third confirmed object to arrive from another star — ...

Scientists say that 3I/ATLAS has likely been traveling through interstellar space for a long time. Based on how fast it was ...

Comet 3I Atlas is currently ~186 million miles from Earth, which is twice the distance from the Earth to the sun. It is ...