Topics: Space

In this article UN271 serves as a guided tour through modern comet science. We summarize what is known about its orbit, size, composition, and unexpectedly distant activity from contemporary surveys and space observatories. We outline the standard Oort–cloud scenario, but keep it explicitly in the category of model rather than established fact, and we discuss…

Afy Lobe said that um a lot of astrophysics observations are parsed or filtered through the US military and then data is removed because of national security. Um it’s a bit of a hysterical claim Avy but it’s actually true.

3I/ATLAS brightened explosively and turned blue as if freshly venting volatile gases, behaving more like a pressure-relieved cryogenic object than a dusty comet—an interstellar iceball waking violently under solar heat. Source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.25035v1

The equatorial system allows us to stablish the position of any space object if we know where Polaris is. In the Norther hemisphere Polaris is very close to the celestial North or 90 degrees Declination. Concentric circles from Polaris establish the Declinations that go down to zero at the equator and to -90 degrees at…

🚨 NASA calls its new 3I/ATLAS tracking a “training exercise”, but online observers fear a concealed interstellar threat. IAWN launches a worldwide effort to monitor the comet, urging astronomers to strengthen planetary defense systems. Skeptics argue 3I/ATLAS behaves erratically due to mixed particle masses. A detailed timeline lists workshops and observation windows through December 2025.…