3I/ATLAS Colors Form a Signal Pattern — Is it Programmed?

Описание: It is December 12, 2025. The night sky is currently playing host to a riddle that has astronomers completely baffled. We are talking about 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1—our third interstellar visitor. But if you thought the previous two were strange, 3I/ATLAS is rewriting the rulebook in real-time. We are looking at an object changing its color in a sequence that seems almost too structured to be random. From deep red to toxic green, and now, as we approach its closest encounter with Earth, a brilliant blue. These aren't optical illusions. These are chemical fingerprints telling us a story that science is struggling to translate. Tonight, we break this down, step by step, looking at the raw physics of what might be the anomaly of the century.

Let's go back to the beginning. July 1, 2025. The ATLAS system picked up a faint, fast-moving point of light. The trajectory was hyperbolic—it came from deep space and was destined to leave just as quickly. But as telescopes tracked it, the first anomaly appeared immediately. The color. The object was deep red. In the astronomical community, we call this "Alien Rust."
Red is typical for objects that have spent billions of years drifting between stars. Space weathering creates tar-like substances called tholins. Tholins are dark and reddish. So when 3I/ATLAS first appeared as a reddish dot, the scientific community sighed with relief. It looked natural.

But then, the spectroscopy numbers came in. The spectra showed intense light scattering in the red range, but it was absorbing blue light with startling efficiency. The surface was incredibly rich in organic tholins.
And there was something else—polarization. The light showed negative polarization at angles we associate with metals or extremely dense structures. This wasn't a fluffy ball of dust. This was something hard. Something solid.

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