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Interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'

UPI on MSN · 23h

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.

NDTV on MSN · 5h

This New Interstellar Object Could Possibly Be The Oldest Comet Ever Seen

A mysterious object, first observed hurtling across the solar system on July 1, has now been identified as "very likely to be the oldest comet ever."

Space.com on MSN · 1d

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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Saturday Citations: Disproving string theory; interstellar comet arrives; lemurs age gracefully

Well, it's July 12, which means (a) the Steam Summer Sale is over and (b) it's really hot outside in the northeastern U.S.

The Weather Network4h

An alien comet is now passing through our solar system. Here's what we know

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

Texas Public Radio18h

A rare interstellar comet is headed our way in October. Here's how you could view it

Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...

1d

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

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

Science News23h

A newly discovered interstellar object might predate the solar system

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

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