Conspiracists are upset: The giant object from space has been revealed

The mysterious celestial object that the scientific world has been debating for months has finally revealed its secrets. The sharpest images ever taken at the Gemini South Observatory in Chile have confirmed that 3I/ATLAS is, in fact, a comet.

The celestial body, passing through the Solar System, is traveling at 221,000 kilometers per hour. It has been observed to have a bright halo around its core and a long tail extending away from the Sun.

ICE CORE AND TAIL ARE SEEN

The object was captured in color images from about 380 million kilometers (240 million miles) from Earth. The images clearly show its dense icy core and tail, revealed by sunlight.

“These new images show very clearly that 3I/ATLAS is a comet,” said Dr. Mark Norris of the University of Lancashire.

LESS WATER AVAILABLE

Dr. Matthew Genge of Imperial College London explained that the object's atmosphere contains more carbon dioxide and less water than comets on Earth, suggesting it formed very far from its parent star.

'LITTLE GREEN MEN' WON'T COME

Harvard's Professor Avi Loeb had previously suggested that 3I/ATLAS could be an artificial, or even nuclear-powered, spacecraft. However, observations of the tail discredited these claims. Dr. Genge humorously put an end to the debate by saying, "The little green men have nothing to do with this."

A MESSENGER FROM ANOTHER CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE

Scientists say there's only a short window of time to observe this rare interstellar visitor. "Each interstellar comet is a messenger from another star system. By studying them, we're beginning to understand the diversity of the universe," said Bryce Bolin of Eureka Scientific.