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Interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'

Astronomers say new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'very likely to be the oldest comet we have ever seen'

However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially believed. 3I/ATLAS could be around 3 billion years older than our 4.5 billion-year-old solar system and thus any comet ever before observed.

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3I/ATLAS: Interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'

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Mystery interstellar object could be oldest known comet

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Astronomers think newly discovered comet may be way older than the sun

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

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NASA Astronomers Just Discovered a Comet that Flew Here from Interstellar Space

Earth objects, astronomers recently discovered a comet visiting from interstellar space. This is only the third interstellar ...

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From beyond the stars: Comet from another galaxy enters our solar system

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a cosmic first for this decade, astronomers have identified a mysterious comet from another galaxy — ...

It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

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