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An interstellar comet packed with alcohol? What ALMA found in 3I/ATLAS
- March 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Comet 3I/ATLAS continues to make astonishing headlines, thanks to new findings from astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). This new research reveals that 3I/ATLAS is packed with an unusually large amount of the organic molecule methanol—more than almost all known comets in our own solar system.
Originally published at Phys.org