BRIEF SCIENCE: The "Visiting" Comet, 3i/ATLAS, Was Formed in the Childhood of the Universe
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An object called 3I/Atlas is approaching us. The foreign visitor comes from a distant solar system and gives researchers puzzles. Of course, something like this is very rare.Especially there is something on the way through our solar system, which the astronomy gives up riddles: the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS.The celestial object was discovered in July 2025 by the asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile – and is extremely…
Comet 3I/ATLAS may be almost three times older than our solar system. A new study indicates that the interstellar visitor is about 12 billion years old and could help scientists better understand the nature of interstellar objects. The article "Comet 3I/ATLAS May Be the Oldest Object Ever to Enter the Solar System" is from the website Everything That Matters.
The comet 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar visitor observed in our Solar System, could constitute one of the oldest fragments of matter ever studied closely. Thanks to the James-Webb space telescope, astronomers have reconstructed part of its chemical history and believe that it would have formed there ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPhone and iPad …
An unusual comet that crossed the Solar System last year—and led some to speculate with the idea that it was an extraterrestrial spaceship—could have formed up to 12 billion years ago. From the chemical composition of comet 3I/ATLAS, researchers estimate that it was formed [...] The entry BRIEF SCIENCE: The "visiting" comet, 3i/ATLAS, was formed in the childhood of the Universe was first published in AgendAR.
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