3I/ATLAS CARRIES A CHEMICAL FINGERPRINT FROM ANOTHER STAR SYSTEM
Scientists have uncovered something extraordinary in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and it could reveal just how far back this mysterious visitor’s history goes.
New research reveals a chemical signature in its methane with a heavy hydrogen ratio 13 TIMES HIGHER than that measured in comet 67P from our own solar system.
Even more remarkable, this ancient fingerprint may have survived for BILLIONS OF YEARS, preserving clues from the extreme cold of another star system before traveling across interstellar space.
$STAR $DNA $MAGMA
Scientists have uncovered something extraordinary in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and it could reveal just how far back this mysterious visitor’s history goes.
New research reveals a chemical signature in its methane with a heavy hydrogen ratio 13 TIMES HIGHER than that measured in comet 67P from our own solar system.
Even more remarkable, this ancient fingerprint may have survived for BILLIONS OF YEARS, preserving clues from the extreme cold of another star system before traveling across interstellar space.
$STAR $DNA $MAGMA
