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Astronomers catch a ‘dark' comet by the tail

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By Lee Billings Verified, Darryl Seligman
| Scientific American Verified
A strange class of comet could explain the enigmatic behavior of ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object—and even shed light on how Earth became habitable For almost a decade—ever since 2017, when our first known interstellar visitor, 1I/‘Oumuamua, swooped through the inner solar system—astronomers have been grappling with a small but stubborn mystery.
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‘Dark’ comets sprouting tails could help solve interstellar mysteries

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By Darryl Seligman
| Yahoo Verified
For almost a decade—ever since 2017, when our first known interstellar visitor, 1I/'Oumuamua, swooped through the inner solar system—astronomers have been grappling with a small but stubborn mystery. Studying this enigmatic object through telescopes not long after its flyby of the sun, they expected to see 'Oumuamua slightly slow down as it climbed out of our star's gravitational grip. Instead it sped up, almost as if some alien driver had floored the accelerator.
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Why interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS' close Earth approach is an early Christmas gift for astronomers

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By Darryl Seligman
| MSN UK Verified
Darryl Seligman Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third large interstellar visitor that we have ever discovered —- an asteroid or comet that originated outside of our solar system and was discovered passing through. Astronomers can glean information about celestial bodies by observing the light reflected off them with telescopes.
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