Astronomers have found that #interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely originated in the outskirts of an old star system. The findings shine new light on the formation history of this #comet, indicating that it may be much older than the #Sun.
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Older than the Sun: Astronomers find new clues to the origin of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) to study the composition of 3I/ATLAS, the brightest interstellar object ever seen, in detail. By measuring sp...