The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical fingerprint unlike anything in our Solar System, and it may have formed 10 to 12 billion years ago, before our Sun even existed, according to two papers published in the journal Nature.

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By tracking fierce winds racing through the atmospheres of seven ultra-hot Jupiters, astronomers have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that magnetic fields shape weather on worlds beyond our Solar System.

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Pela primeira vez, cientistas compararam ambientes magnéticos de outros planetas, um passo fundamental para compreender aqueles que podem ser habitáveis, conservar água e, talvez, um dia, albergar vida tal como a conhecemos - e criar auroras ainda mais espetaculares.

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