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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Melvin Gascon

3I/ATLAS Mystery Deepens: Why Its Unique Cryovolcanism Is Crucial To Science

Astronomers using the James Webb and Hubble telescopes are tracking unusual gas jets from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which may be experiencing cryovolcanic “ice volcano” activity as it nears the Sun. (Credit: YouTube)

Astronomers studying the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS say its behaviour is becoming stranger by the week, with new observations indicating the visitor may be experiencing cryovolcanism —violent eruptions of gas and dust driven by buried ices.

The discovery, reported across NASA Science, could transform scientific understanding of how small bodies form in distant star systems.

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