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Strange Structures Surrounding 3I/ATLAS Revealed as it Begins Glowing Green 🀯

2025-09-12 Science & Technology
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Stefan Burns
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Geophysical Analysis of 3I/ATLAS: Polarization Data Challenges Comet Classification

Analyze startling polarization data revealing complex plasma structures within 3I/ATLAS, challenging its classification as a standard comet. Discover why this object is travelling at a record speed and where it's heading next in the inner Solar System.

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  • Polarization measurements show 3I/ATLAS is developing complex, structured layers in its dust/gas coma, unlike typical comets.
  • The object currently exhibits a green glow despite lacking the expected elements ($\text{C}2$) for that color emission, suggesting unfamiliar chemistry.
  • 3I/ATLAS is setting an all-time speed record for objects passing through the Solar System, expected to reach $68 \text{ km/s}$ at perihelion.
  • New data suggests 3I/ATLAS polarization curves align more closely with distant Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) than with known comets or asteroids.

This overview synthesizes recent geophysical and astronomical findings regarding 3I/ATLAS, focusing on how evolving polarization data, unusual emissions, and extreme velocity force scientists to reconsider its fundamental nature.

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New polarization data on 3I/ATLAS has come out revealing intriguing new details about the structure of the huge cloud of dust, gas, and plasma surrounding this third ever observed interstellar object. Should we still classify 3I/ATLAS as a comet in light of this new data and all the other oddities (early anti-sun tail, HUGE extremely CO2 enriched coma, tremendous velocity, high nickel to iron ratio, rare orbital trajectory) observed with it thus far? Is 3I/ATLAS going to just pass through the Solar System, or perhaps is it here to stay? And now it's glowing GREEN?! Geophysicist Stefan Burns reports... Learn all about the planets, Solar System, and cosmos from a holistic astronomical, mythological, and astrological perspective by signing up to the Planetary Resonances eCourse: https://wildfreeorganic.com/planetary-resonances 15 hours of exclusive on-demand video content presented by Stefan Burns! Live data on the Earth and Sun at Earth Evolution: https://www.earthevolution.com/energy-analytics 🌱 Earth Evolution Herbal Teas, Coffee, Earthing Shoes, and Merch: www.earthevolution.com/store βœ… Subscribe to my channel: @StefanBurns https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo https://www.instagram.com/stefanburnsofficial/ 3I/ATLAS video playlist by Stefan Burns: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmDtCUI1Qi9Qa8Z0UOaow-eDOP_ERk3CV Research: 2010 - Diagnostics in dusty C–H–O plasmas with diamond and graphitic nanoparticle generation https://doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/19/2/025015 2015 - A permanent, asymmetric dust cloud around the Moon https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14479 2016 - Optical diagnostics of dusty plasmas during nanoparticle growth https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/59/1/014034 2017 - Ceres Interaction with the Solar Wind https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072375 2024 - Interstellar meteors from the tidal disruption of rocky planets on eccentric orbits around M dwarfs https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449250 2025 - JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I-ATLAS https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16941948 2025 - Spectroscopic Characterization of Interstellar Object 3I-ATLAS Water Ice in the Coma https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.14916 2025 - SPHEREx Discovery of Strong Water Ice Absorption and an Extended Carbon Dioxide Coma in 3I-ATLAS https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=17264 2025 - Temporal Evolution of the Third Interstellar Comet 3I-ATLAS Spin, Color, Spectra and Dust Activity https://arxiv.org/html/2508.00808v1 2025 - VLT observations of interstellar comet 3I-ATLAS II From quiescence to glow Dramatic rise of Ni I emission and incipient CN outgassing at large heliocentric distances https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18382 2025 - Gemini South 3I/ATLAS imagery August 27 2025: https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=17363 2025 - Extreme Negative Polarisation of New Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.05181 Data and Credit: NASA ESA The Sky Live (3I/ATLAS Orbit Viewer): https://theskylive.com/3dsolarsystem?obj=c2025n1 Veda Austin: https://www.vedaaustin.com/examples-1 Space Weather 3I/ATLAS: https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=09&month=09&year=2025 #3iatlas #earth #astronomy #geophysics #spaceweather #spirituality #space #astronomy #NASA #solaractivity #geomagneticstorm #aurora #solarmaximum #solarcycle25 #geology #science #earthscience #volcanoes #earthquakes #wx #swx #schumannresonance

Top Comments (10)

@StefanBurns 2025-09-12

If you're new here then you'll definitely want to start at the beginning... watch through my video playlist for the full up-to-date briefing on Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS as the information presented in this video builds upon the earlier videos I released! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmDtCUI1Qi9Qa8Z0UOaow-eDOP_ERk3CV EDIT: FYI I noticed that the Adobe voice enhancer I used to remove the audio echo actually switched some of my words around because of their technical nature, and they weren't in the model, so in the future I won't use that but the audio may not be as "nice".

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@marya6445 2025-09-12

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@juliesteimle3867 2025-09-12

I like your honest admittance that we really don't know that much about it. That is how Science should be done.

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@Reysekai 2025-09-12

No AI voiceover, no nonsense B-Rolls, no fluff. Very refreshing, the YouTube Algo God's sent me here, brilliant video and I'm going to subscribe

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@IrmaFeliza 2025-09-28

The Scientist and The Mystic in me are in absolute awe, excitement, love and gratitude for what we are witnessing Exoteric and Esoteric downloads are πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ I found you through Pam Gregory. We SO needed an astrophysicist like YOU! Thank you for sharing your outer and inner knowledge with us !! Much love πŸ’– and gratitude πŸ™πŸΌ Stefan✨✨

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@zonkerharris3047 2025-09-12

I don't understand half of what you're talking about but you're so enthusiastic on the subject matter that I watch every video eagerly. You're a naturally gifted teacher and I am a cub student.

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@XvxRAINxvX 2025-09-12

You'll probably never see this, but I've been watching you for a while now, and you're my go-to for Atlas updates and many more. Your awesome brother!

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@MycketTuff 2025-09-12

No AI slop imagery, no ridiculous assumptions. Clear descriptions of the data so a layman can follow. Much appreciated! That's an immediate subscription for me.

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@blumenthol 2025-09-15

I feel like I just sat through a college physics lecture

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@Yogie-y4k5b 2025-09-12

He’s like a futuristic space meteorologist showing space weather for the week πŸ˜‚ love it

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