A newly discovered interstellar object might predate the solar system
The solar system’s newest visitor, 3I/ATLAS, may be 3 billion years older than the sun and its planets. First discovered on July 1, 3I/ATLAS is a rare interstellar object — only the third ever spotted. Since then, astronomers have been racing to uncover its origins. A new calculation predicts that 3I/ATLAS originated from a part…
