Scientists Identify Potential Oldest Object in Our Solar System
Guardian Science1 min read87 words
Observations suggest comet spent billions of years on ‘vast unimaginable trajectories’ around our galaxyAn interstellar comet that blazed past the sun last year could be nearly three times older than our solar system and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic back yard, astronomers said on Monday. The comet 3I/Atlas is just the third visitor from beyond our solar system that humanity has ever observed, its unusual brightness offering scientists an unprecedented opportunity to study something that came from elsewhere in the galaxy. Continue reading...
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