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3I/ATLAS likely formed in the outskirts of an old star system | ESO News

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eso2608a.jpgeso2608a.jpgUsing ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have studied the relative abundances of carbon and nitrogen in 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar comet discovered so far. Their findings suggest that the comet likely formed in the outskirts of the disc around a star older than the Sun. This video summarises the discovery.

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