3I/ATLAS stuffed with ‘ice volcanos’ as new photographs blow alien concept huge open

A new study has dropped a wild theory which claims the 3I/ATLAS comet has ice volcanoes covering it, which could give researchers a huge clue as to what’s inside

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• The “spaceship” 3I/ATLAS might be covered in erupting “ice volcanoes”, in a wild new theory which could tell us what’s inside.
• Since July the interstellar comet has captured the public’s imagination and baffled astrology experts as it moves through our solar system.
• Researchers have discovered that as the comet approached the sun a series of “ice volcanoes” erupted on its surface, like zits under a magnifying glass.
• If this is true, it means that the mysterious comet has a surprising amount in common with things in our solar system, despite the fact it came from a different cosmic neighbourhood.
• Study lead author Josep Trigo-Rodríguez, a staff leading researcher at the Institute of Space Sciences (CSIC/IEEC), told Live Science: “We were all surprised.
• Being a comet formed in a remote planetary system, it is remarkable that the mixture of materials forming the surface of the body has resemblance with trans-Neptunian objects, bodies formed at [a] large distance from the Sun but belonging to our planetary system.”
• READ THE FULL STORY: ‘Comet’ 3I/ATLAS full of ‘ice volcanos’ as alien theory blown wide open by new images.

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