jballs@sh.itjust.works to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agoAstronomers say new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'very likely to be the oldest comet we have ever seen'www.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10cross-posted to: space@lemmit.online
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkAstronomers say new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'very likely to be the oldest comet we have ever seen'www.space.comjballs@sh.itjust.works to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square4linkfedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmit.online
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months ago University of Oxford astronomer Matthew Hopkins is part of a team of scientists that think 3I/ATLAS, discovered on July 1, 2025 by the ATLAS survey telescope, is around 7 billion years old. I don’t know how I missed hearing about this until now!
I don’t know how I missed hearing about this until now!