Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS caught streaking through the solar system on Aug. 27 by the Gemini South telescope in Chile.  (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Shadow the ScientistImage Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)) Comet 3I/ATLAS is extremely irradiated from billions ofContinue Reading

The Interplanetary Race to Study Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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When Comet 3I/ATLAS roared into the solar system this summer, it launched a scientific scramble to study what astronomers were quickly able to determine was only the third known interstellar object to zip through our celestial neighborhood. And that science quickly went interplanetary. In early October, just three months after astronomers first spotted Comet 3I/ATLASContinue Reading

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The ongoing federal shutdown could cost the U.S. economy between $7 billion and $14 billion, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The report, prepared in response to a request from House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), estimated the economic impact of the shutdown if it lasts four weeks — aContinue Reading

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Authorities have not said which country or state actors may have benefitted from the alleged spying activities., Authorities have not said which country or state actors may have benefitted from the alleged spying activities. Cuba’s top prosecutor has charged the country’s former economy minister and others with alleged espionage andContinue Reading