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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Carries Methane with Record-Breaking Heavy Hydrogen

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected the most deuterium-rich methane ever measured in the Solar System, hinting that the interstellar visitor’s ices formed in a cold, distant, low-metallicity environment.

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