The astronomer used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to make the observations.
ALMA reveals unusual “alien” water in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, showing it formed in an extremely cold, distant star ...
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NASA confirms 3I/ATLAS is 11 billion years old — more than twice the age of our solar system
A comet tearing through the inner solar system at roughly 58 kilometers per second formed between 10 and 12 billion years ago ...
Astronomers have discovered that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS originated in conditions far colder and older than our solar system, offering new insights into its formation.
The presence of deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen, in 3I/ATLAS suggests the interstellar comet formed in a much colder place ...
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries 40 times more heavy water than Earth’s oceans — and formed at -405 degrees
A comet born around another star is carrying water unlike anything ever measured in our solar system. Observations of ...
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Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS formed in a world much colder than the solar system
"Each interstellar comet brings a little bit of its history, its fossils, from elsewhere." ...
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Astronomers Discover Major Clue About 3I/ATLAS’ Origins
And it sounds pretty dreary. The post Astronomers Discover Major Clue About 3I/ATLAS’ Origins appeared first on Futurism.
New observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS show high levels of deuterated water, suggesting it formed in a colder star ...
Astronomers analyzed the vapors coming off the comet when it neared the sun and found it had a lot of "heavy" water. That ...
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