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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Loses Water and Contains Cyanide

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Loses Water and Contains Cyanide
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Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor, is losing about 40 kg of water per second, indicating high activity and suggesting it originates from an older, thick disk region of the galaxy. Its composition and water emission provide insights into planetary formation and the presence of life's ingredients beyond our solar system.

Topics:top-newsscience#3iatlas#galactic-origin#interstellar-comet#prebiotic-molecules#science#water-loss
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  1. Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Losing Buckets Of Water Every Second – And It's Got Cyanide  IFLScience
  2. ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS  European Space Agency
  3. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaking water like a 'fire hose running at full blast,' new study finds  Space
  4. Physicists uncork a message in a bottle from another star  EurekAlert!
  5. An Interstellar Comet Flew Past Mars, and Spacecraft Took Pictures  The New York Times

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