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Older than the Sun: Astronomers find new clues to the origin of interstellar comet 3I/ATLASSource image · ESO/O. Hainaut
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Astronomers Find New Clues to the Origin of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Astronomers used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope to study the composition of 3I/ATLAS, the brightest interstellar object ever seen. By measuring specific chemical fingerprints, they found that 3I/ATLAS likely originated in the outskirts of an old star system. This discovery sheds light on the formation history of the comet, indicating it may be much older than the Sun.

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