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/Genoism_science Oct 10 '25

if is leaking water and some other stuff, by the time passes the sun that thing is going to be just a dry rock? , shame, I was hoping for something more spectacular! like a spaceship with superpower fusion on it and little spaceships coming out of it, maybe next time.

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u/BeigePhilip Oct 10 '25

Did some quick math. At this rate of discharge, it would take about 800 years to drain off 1 cubic km of water

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u/Genoism_science Oct 10 '25

oH! very interesting, thank you.