The object 3i/Atlas, in the size of Manhattan, which crosses the Earth’s inner solar system, is covered by a cloud of carbon dioxide, a characteristic that surprised scientists, according to analysis of new images. On the same week, the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s SPHEREX observatory took new 3i/Atlas photos, almost two months after it was first found in the skies over Chile. In the new images, the 3i/Atlas looks red and exudes a seemingly threatening atmosphere, though most scientists believe that it is just a 12 -mile diameter diameter. Photos show that the object releases gases as it approaches the sun, as expected. However, scientists, including Harvard astrophysicist Avie Loeb, point out that 3i/Atlas releases a significant amount of carbon dioxide and a very small amount of water and carbon monoxide. As Loeb wrote in a post on Medium on Tuesday: ‘The H2O loss rate is only 5% of […]
Source: News Beast
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