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The molten planet, with an atmosphere rich in sulfur-bearing gases, is unlike anything astronomers have ever smelled.

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Scientists are scrambling to explain why interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is carrying life's chemical building blocks at ...

Astronomers have spotted something unusual in a comet passing through our Solar System. 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar visitor ever s.