# NPR 2025: Why an interstellar comet has scientists excited

> NPR, 2025. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Journalism; the record of the nickel finding until the paper is added.

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# Why an interstellar comet has scientists excited

NPR, 2025. _NPR_.

NPR report of 30 October 2025 on the detection of nickel vapour around 3I/ATLAS at nearly four times Earth's distance from the Sun by a team led by Thomas Puzia (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) using SOAR and the VLT.

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Journalism; the record of the nickel finding until the paper is added.

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NPR (2025). Why an interstellar comet has scientists excited. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5591378/3i-atlas-comet-nickel-space
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