On November 19, the US Civil Aviation and aerospace Administration ( NASA) released new images of a mysterious interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS.
Astronomers determine that 3I/ATLAS is actually a brock, and it may be "ages" older than our solar system - which formed about 4.5 billion years ago.
The focus on 3I/ATLAS comes from a scientist's hypothesis that its trajectory and composition suggest this is off- planet technology. However, the international scientific community has denied this.
At the announcement ceremony, Ms. Nicola Fox, Deputy Director of NASA's Scientific missions department, described the object as a "friendly guest". She asserted that NASA quickly confirmed that it was acting exactly like a compass and that there was no sign that this was a technological item or a spaceship as rumored.
To end the speculation, Mr. Amit Kshatriya, Deputy Director of NASA, stated frankly: "This object is a broom star. All evidence points to that."
3I/ATLAS is the third inter-star object in history to be observed by humans passing through the solar system (previously 'Oumuamua in 2017 and Borisov in 2019). It was first discovered in July by the ATLAS lunar system in Chile.
New images released by NASA, although taken from a distance and somewhat blurred, have shown the undeniable characteristics of a compass: The clear presence of a "comma" layer (cloud of air and dust surrounding the planets) and a long, dusty tail behind its trajectory.
Scientists estimate the brocade's nhancted diameter to be about a few hundred meters to a few kilometers and it has a rather round shape. Component analysis shows that it is rich in carbon dioxide, water, carbon monoxide and a significant amount of nickel - common ingredients found in other brooms.
NASA also reassured that 3I/ATLAS poses no threat to the Earth. The closest distance it will approach our planet will be about 275 million km (in the next month) before it continues its journey away from the solar system.
