Why Experts Are Racing To Learn About This Interstellar Comet
The comet 3I/ATLAS is taking a long holiday journey this year. It’s visiting from another solar system altogether. Those interstellar origins have the Internet rumor mill questioning whether 3I/ATLAS came from aliens. Co-hosts Emily Kwong and Regina G. Barber dive into that, plus what it and other interstellar comets can tell us about planets beyond our solar system.
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- the physics in the film Interstellar
- why Pluto is still helpful for learning how our solar system formed
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