Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Cosmic Visitor Older Than Our Solar System
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Astronomers have identified Comet 3I/ATLAS as an interstellar visitor originating from the galaxy's thick disc, making it distinct from previous interstellar objects due to its speed and color, and suggesting it has been traveling for over 7 billion years, providing new insights into the galaxy's population of such objects.
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- New Interstellar Comet Tracked To Its Origin Region: “It’s Much Older Than The Solar System” IFLScience
- It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet The New York Times
- NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system NPR
- Astronomers spot 'interstellar object' speeding through solar system ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- New interstellar object 3I/ATLAS — Everything we know about the rare cosmic visitor Space
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