Science & Space Roundup: Top News of the Day (Nov 10)

Here are today’s most important updates from the realm of Science and Space. Tail Gone Missing! 3I/ATLAS Stuns Astronomers Yet Again The mysterious nature of 3I/ATLAS continues to baffle scientists, especially after the latest images. In recent observations, the space object was apparently spotted without a tail after passing close to the Sun. Typically, comets develop a tail as they approach the Sun, due to solar radiation and wind pushing gas and dust away from the comet. Images taken by the R Naves Observatory in Spain on November 5 show 3I/ATLAS without a tail, despite expectations of significant outgassing. The object also brightened fivefold after perihelion and turned green, indicating possible diatomic carbon emission. Other scientists propose it might be a comet with an irradiated crust, altering its outgassing pattern. Meanwhile, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has argued that the object could be an alien spacecraft due to its unusual behaviour. ...

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