3I/ATLASEvidence
Evidence · 3I/ATLAS
Its gases and tails are a comet's
3I shows a dust coma, dust and ion tails, jets, and the gases of comets: CO2, water, CO, HCN, methanol, CN, methane, and N2+, CO+ and H2O+ ions, in unusual proportions.
What it means
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onA natural comet from another planetary system
Supports2 for, none against
Still possibleunchanged
What it implies
- Everything measured is what a comet is made of.For the key question: Is 3I/ATLAS a natural comet or a technological object?
Sources 5
SRC
Ion abundances in the plasma tail of 3I/ATLAS show that it is N2-rich
SRCFerellec et al. 2026
SRC
SRC
The Volatile Inventory of 3I/ATLAS as seen with JWST/MIRI
SRCBelyakov et al. 2026
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Its gases and tails are a comet's [Evidence EVD0DFQ53J61SHT]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFQ53J61SHT
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0dfq53j61sht,
title = {Its gases and tails are a comet's},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DFQ53J61SHT},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFQ53J61SHT}
}