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This figure illustrates the different distributions of dust (blue), gas (green) and ions (red) in 3I/Atlas.
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Secrets of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas revealed

UK astronomers have uncovered new clues about the origin of 3I/Atlas – only the third known object from beyond our Solar System ever spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood. In a new paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal...
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This figure illustrates the different distributions of dust (blue), gas (green) and ions (red) in 3I/Atlas.
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Secrets of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas revealed
A conceptual design of the Habitable Worlds Observatory.
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NAM 2026: UK in pole position to lead key instrument in NASA's hunt for Earth-like worlds
ALMA's DV-59 antenna in the foreground with multiple other antennas observing the sky in a night dominated by the Moon.
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NAM 2026: Could alien signals be hiding on a different radio channel?
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