Study Reveals Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Could Be The Oldest Object Detected In Solar System
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Show Quick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed Scientists studied interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to learn about ancient galactic conditions James Webb Space Telescope measured unique chemical ratios in the comet's gas cloud 3I/ATLAS showed 30 times more deuterium than solar system comets, indicating extreme cold Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Scientists have discovered surprising details about a rare object that travelled into our solar system from another star system. By studying an interstellar comet, researchers gained new clues about the conditions that existed billions of years ago in a distant part of the galaxy, reported NASA.
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