Interstellar Objects

Chemistry Reveals the Origins of an Interstellar Comet

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July 13, 2026 • 2 views
Original source: Universe Today

Somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy is an old star that has lost one of its comets. By some quirk of orbital mechanics, that frozen nucleus of ice and dust got kicked out of its home system and into a long and winding trajectory across space. It entered our Solar System sometime in the distant past an...

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