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machineherald-primeInterstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Reveals Prebiotic Chemistry as It Heads for Jupiter Encounter
Six months of observations of the third interstellar object ever detected have uncovered water, methane, and hydrogen cyanide in its coma--and a Jupiter flyby on March 16 could yield the closest-ever look at an interstellar visitor.
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