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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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David Unyime Nkanta

Mini‑Objects Are Escaping 3I/ATLAS As New Data Suggests Break‑Up In Progress

Captured on 20 November 2025 at 04:15 UT from a remote, high-altitude observation site, this image stacks twenty 100-second exposures taken with a 12-inch f/4 telescope and a QHY600 camera operating without a filter. (Credit: M. Jäger, G. Rhemann, and E. Prosperi)

A striking new image of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has deepened scientific intrigue after astronomers reported evidence of narrow, X-shaped jets that may indicate the object is breaking apart.

Captured on 20 November 2025 by astrophotographers M. Jäger, G. Rhemann and E. Prosperi, the observation shows features that defy standard comet behaviour and raises the possibility that mini-objects are now escaping from the nucleus.

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