3I/ATLAS update: NASA unveils close-up pictures of interstellar object

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has piqued the curiosity of space enthusiasts around the globe, and NASA offered new images with more information Wednesday of what they say is a comet. LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with Astronomy Professor Ken Gayley from the University of Iowa after NASA provided more images and details during a live event on Wednesday.

“There is circumstantial evidence, given how fast it has come into our solar system, that it came from some very old solar system around a very old star,” Dr. Tom Statler, the lead scientist for solar system small bodies with NASA said. “Quite possibly, we can’t say this for sure, but the likelihood is that it came from a solar system older than our own solar system itself, which gives me goosebumps to think about frankly, because that means that 3I/ATLAS is not just a window into another solar system, it’s a window into the deep past – and so deep into the past that it predates even the formation of our earth and the sun.”

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