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Interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'

Astronomers say new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'very likely to be the oldest comet we have ever seen'

However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially believed. 3I/ATLAS could be around 3 billion years older than our 4.5 billion-year-old solar system and thus any comet ever before observed.

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An Interstellar Comet Is Here, and Its Age Is Mind-Bending

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3I/ATLAS: Interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'

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Comet believed to be 3 billion years older than our solar system

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever encountered.

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Astronomers think newly discovered comet may be way older than the sun

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

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Interstellar object appears out of nowhere and stuns astronomers with its size and speed

The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...

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