3I/ATLAS and the GREEN PARADOX — What the SPECTRUM DIDN’T SHOW | Michio Kaku FAN ANALYSIS

3I/ATLAS and the GREEN PARADOX — What the SPECTRUM DIDN’T SHOW | Michio Kaku FAN ANALYSIS

Interstellar visitors let us compare our solar system to others. 3I/ATLAS may be the third such traveler—and it’s breaking a familiar rule. We see a broad green coma, yet high-resolution spectroscopy from major observatories reports the coma is severely depleted in C₂ (diatomic carbon), the molecule that normally produces green emission in comets. That tension—seeing green, missing C₂—is the core of tonight’s calm, evidence-led story.

We walk chronologically from first detections to today’s open questions: what “green” usually means in comet chemistry, how spectrographs read light like barcodes, why the VLT result challenges decades of textbook expectations, and what alternative, clearly labeled speculative ideas might explain it—ranging from unusual plasma interactions with the solar wind to fluorescence from unknown compounds in truly interstellar ices. We also note 3I/ATLAS’s resilience during a recent CME and why that toughness matters for any material hypothesis.

The timeline matters now. As 3I/ATLAS moves toward superior conjunction and perihelion, it may change—subtly or dramatically. When it reappears, new spectra will test whether the green glow persists, fades, or shifts. If confirmed, the paradox could refine how we interpret comet colors; if refuted, it will remind us why verification is essential in fast-moving astronomy.

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