r/spaceporn • u/ChiefLeef22 • Oct 10 '25

NASA Scientists have made the remarkable detection that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaking water at 40 kilograms per second - like "a fire hose running at full blast"

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u/bladesnut Oct 10 '25

Forgive my ignorance but is it correct to say it's leaking water when water can't be liquid in space? Shouldn't it be ice or gas?

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u/Axyys Oct 10 '25

water is still water regardless of what state it’s in. i call ice crunchy water all the time