Study reveals interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be the oldest object detected in solar system

The findings surprised researchers, who used the comet's composition to better understand the environment in which it formed.
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Alien comet 3I/ATLAS may be the oldest thing ever seen in our solar system

Based on evidence collected by the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could ...

12 billion years old, this interstellar comet is older than our solar system

One year ago, on July 1, 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the solar system. Detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object was ...

The interstellar comet was probably way older than scientists thought

What can 3I/ATLAS teach astronomers about the origins of life?

Interstellar comet may be oldest object ever seen in solar system

Exactly where the comet 3I/ATLAS came from within the Milky Way remains a mystery.
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Interstellar comet likely far older than Solar System — astronomers

PARIS, France — An interstellar comet that blazed past the Sun last year could be nearly three times older than our Solar ...
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The Chemistry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen

Hubble Space Telescope image of 3I/ATLAS. (NASA, ESA, David Jewitt/UCLA; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale/STScI) All signs ...