3I/ATLAS

[dragoner]

Look, you objected to me saying images and data from Mars will reveal more about the "true nature" of 3I/ATLAS and responded by stating "It is a comet-like object" as if that settles all questions about the object's true nature, case closed. When I point out how vague and not very informative that is as a category, your response is "we don't know much"? Dude, that was my premise to begin with! There are unanswered questions regarding this anomalous object, and it'll be interesting to find out more as more information becomes available. You know, like, I'm genuinely curious? I mean, I'm comfortable with the existence of unknowns, but I'm also curious about this particular thing. This is the "Geek Talk" forum, so I figured this would be an okay place to nerd out about some astronomy. I don't know why that gets spun into insinuations of being too impatient or peddling wacky conspiracy theories, but it seems like I'm being told that curiousity about science is not okay and I should just shut up and mind my business.

There are a lot of interesting qualities, it appears to be 7 billion years old, far older than the Solar System, and it's tail contains cyanide, and nickel.

Here is a NASA page: Comet 3I/ATLAS - NASA Science

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Wow. You guys are being pretty darn uncharitable. What a shame.

 

[overgeeked]

Wow. You guys are being pretty darn uncharitable. What a shame.

Some people love to use knowledge as a weapon, unfortunately.