At the time of the observations, comet 3I/ATLAS had just passed its perihelion, its closest ever approach to the Sun. While ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a video of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, constructed from images taken by a probe ...
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In an earlier blog post about Christopher ...
The comet contains higher levels of this simple alcohol than almost all known comets from our solar system.
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The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was the third object ever discovered in our solar system that originated from another star system. Despite a viral conspiracy theory, NASA officials have repeatedly ...
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Alcohol in comet? Rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS found packed with Methanol, stunning scientists
Astronomers using ALMA have found large quantities of methanol in comet 3I/ATLAS, making it one of the most alcohol-rich ...
An international team of scientists has examined dust grains gathered by the NASA Stardust spacecraft and brought back to Earth – and has discovered that they originated in the interstellar dust ...
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