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Interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'

Astronomers are racing to study our solar system's newest 'interstellar visitor.' Here's why.

The astronomical community is abuzz over a newly discovered "interstellar object," only the third of its kind ever seen, which is currently shooting toward us on a one-way trip through the solar system.

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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.

New Scientist · 3d

Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS might be the oldest comet ever seen

Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion years old, almost twice the age of our sun

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Tracking molecules in the interstellar medium

Stars don't form out of nothing, but tracking the gas and dust that do eventually form stars is hard. They float around the galaxy at almost absolute zero, emitting essentially no light, and generally ...

An Interstellar Comet Is Here, and Its Age Is Mind-Bending

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

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Interstellar Comet in Solar System Might Be 7 Billion Years Old

A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...

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Voyager Probes: What They Discovered in the Vastness of Interstellar Space

The Voyager spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, have traveled farther than any human-made objects in history, entering interstellar ...

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