The Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is now turning green as it rockets closer to the Sun — with experts stating it appears something “switched on” to inspire the “anomalous evolution.”
Scientists from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile reported a dramatic rise in Cyanide and Nickel outgassing, which has changed the mysterious object’s color from red to green over the last two weeks, according to a recent report.
An image of 3I/ATLAS from July 21 shared by the European Space Agency and NASA. AP
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These increases are “super-linear” and have a rate-limit that is not determined by “the availability of photons, nor a linear response to temperature increase,” according to the paper.
The sharp increase “may instead likely be temperature-activated and/or threshold
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