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Rohan Rahatgaonkar is a Ph.D. student at the Instituto de Astrofísica-Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. In a surprising discovery, our team has detected glowing nickel vapor in the gas surrounding the incoming interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at an extraordinary distance from the sun, where temperatures remain …

Press enter or click to view image in full size An image of 3I/ATLAS on August 24, 2025, taken by the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) on the Keck II telescope in Hawaii at the wavelength range of 0.3425 to 0.55 micrometers. The yellow arrow points in the direction of the Sun. (Credit: W. B. Hoogendam et al. 2025) A …

Press enter or click to view image in full size Logarithm of the ratio between the production rate of nickel to iron as a function of the logarithm of their total production rate. The new data from the Very Large Telescope for 3I/ATLAS (red squares) is shown in comparison to known comets (diamonds in other colors). (Credit: D. Hutsemékers et …

Press enter or click to view image in full size Logarithm of the nickel mass loss rate from 3I/ATLAS (vertical axis) as a function of heliocentric distance (horizontal axis). Blue circles show Very Large Telescope/X-shooter measurements of 3I/ATLAS and the black solid curve is a power–law fit to the data with a power-law index of −8.43±0.79. Colored symbols compare with …

Wiley Nickel ends short-lived Senate campaign in N.C.  Politico Democrats got a top Senate recruit in North Carolina. Now they’re trying to find more  CNN The GOP’s New Voter Suppression Architect  Democracy Docket Game on in North Carolina as former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper launches Senate bid for GOP-held seat  Fox News Roy Cooper entrance gives Democrats hope more Senate recruiting wins are on …

Democrat Wiley Nickel is expected to suspend his campaign for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat and endorse former Gov. Roy Cooper in the race, people directly familiar with Nickel’s plans told WRAL on Friday. Nickel, a former U.S. congressman from Wake County, is expected to make the endorsement early next week. He is expected to instead pursue the Wake …