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3I/ATLAS is carrying 'key' ingredients to life, NASA scientist finds

Ever since interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS entered view in July, its strange behaviour, shifting colours, erratic motion, a puzzling 16.16-hour heartbeat, has fuelled both scientific curiosity and speculation. Now, NASA astrochemist Martin Cordiners team has detected unusually abundant methanol and hydrogen cyanide in its plume, chemicals linked to lifes origins. Harvards Avi Loeb says the new data only deepens the mystery.

10 Dec 2025 7:34 am