Article 70KQF 3/I Atlas: a rare comet from beyond our solar system is being closely tracked – what can it teach us?

3/I Atlas: a rare comet from beyond our solar system is being closely tracked – what can it teach us?

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Ian Sample Science editor
from Science | The Guardian on (#70KQF)

Only the third interstellar comet ever to be seen contains material from other star systems that can be observed close up

You wait ages for an interstellar comet to arrive and then three come along at once. Or at least over the space of a decade. The latest interloper from another star system is the 3I/Atlas comet, which was first detected in July. As space agencies track the speeding object, here's what we know so far.

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