Ai podcast:Astronomers Have Traced Our New Interstellar Comet's Origin, And It's a First [ENG]

Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third confirmed interstellar object in our Solar System—has been traced back to the Milky Way’s thick disk, a region far older and chemically distinct from the Sun’s birthplace in the thin disk. Using advanced modelling (Ōtautahi‑Oxford interstellar population model + Gaia data), scientists estimate the comet is 7.6–14 billion years old, likely much older than our Sun. This marks the first time an interstellar visitor’s galactic origin has been identified #3IATLAS #InterstellarComet #MilkyWayThickDisk #AncientVisitor #SpaceDiscovery #ScienceAlert
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