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3I/ATLAS likely formed in the outskirts of an old star system ESO News

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Jul 6, 20261:23Science & Medicine

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have studied the relative abundances of carbon and nitrogen in 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar comet discovered so far. Their findings suggest that the comet likely fo...

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3I/ATLAS likely formed in the outskirts of an old star system ESO News is an episode from ESOcast SD by ESO. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have studied the relative abundances of carbon and nitrogen in 3I/ATLAS, the th...

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Published Jul 6, 2026, 1:23 long, audio available.