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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

The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...

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Scientists preparing comet interceptor after rare third interstellar object spotted

Space scientists say they are preparing a comet interceptor spaceship as the third interstellar object ever detected was ...

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