
The Strange Chemistry of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: An Ancient Galactic Relic
Astronomers have measured the isotopic signature of a visitor from outside our Solar System, finding extreme chemical ratios unlike any local body. The data suggests this icy object formed over 10 billion years ago in a cold, metal-poor environment.
By Cordiner, Roth, Micheli, Villanueva, Farnocchia, Charnley, Biver, Bockelee-Morvan, Bodewits, Chandler, Crovisier, Drozdovskaya, Furuya, Kelley, Milam, Noonan, Opitom, Schwamb, Thomas
