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Astronomers from the Center for Research in Information and Communication Technologies (CITIC) at the University of A Coruña in Spain have confirmed that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is more than ...

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When astronomers first spotted comet 3I/ATLAS streaking across the night sky this past July, they realized they weren’t just witnessing another icy wanderer from our solar system — they were looking ...

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