Researchers analyzing the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered water and carbon molecules at unprecedented levels, including deuterium concentrations 10 times higher than any comet previously observed. The unusual chemical composition suggests the comet formed around a star system 10 to 12 billion years old in a region of the Milky Way with minimal supernova activity, radically different from our solar system.
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Researchers analyzing the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered water and carbon molecules at unprecedented levels, including deuterium concentrations 10 times higher than any comet previously observed. The unusual chemical composition suggests the comet formed around a star system 10 to 12 billion years old in a region of the Milky Way with minimal supernova activity, radically different from our solar system.