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3I/ATLAS: Small-Body Copy

More interstellar-object coverage, not necessarily peer-reviewed science output, but more substantial than just lay prose:

www.gemini.edu/news/press-releases/noirlab2522
July 15, 2025  Josie Fenske  Gemini North Observes Comet 3I/ATLAS

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-interstellar-object-3i-atlass-biggest-mysteries-explained/
July 16, 2025  Jonathan O’Callaghan 7 Big Mysteries about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS 

Apologies for the clickbaity headline- you can read the article yourself and see that, no, it’s not sensationalism and hype. No more than Scientific American is the same as a hundred techy-sounding websites out there that are basically nerd regurgitators. No, SciAm has a tradition of coverage that it seeks to uphold.

Similarly, the NOIR press release is not the same as an officially-submitted and reviewed paper. It was written by a press agent, not a practicing scientist. Still, the US National Optical-Infrared astronomy Research Laboratory is the parent organization of the Gemini telescopes, so this is (for most purposes) fairly straight from the source.

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