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NASA confirms interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet, not an alien artefact. Its nickel and CO2-rich chemistry suggests it's pre-Sun matter, offering unique insights into ancient star ...

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Using the Webb telescope’s powerful Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, the team detected a ...