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Comet 3I/ATLAS has been transformed by billions of years of space radiation, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal

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The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a thick irradiated crust that no longer resembles its home star system, simulations and James Webb Space Telescope observations have found.

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Simulations and images of the James Webb telescope showed that the thick coma produced by the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet no longer resembled its home system. This was because the object had been under the influence of space radiation for billions of years, reported Live Science. According to scientists, during its journey on the Milky Way, the comet absorbed so many galactic cosmic rays that its coma formed a thick irradiated crust that no long…

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