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3I/Atlas May Be Nearly 12 Billion Years Old
New analysis suggests the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas could date back almost to the dawn of the Milky Way, making it one of the oldest objects ever observed passing through our Solar System.
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Italian astronaut to walk on the Moon under new Italy-US space deal
An agreement signed in Washington by Adolfo Urso and NASA chief Jared Isaacman brings Italy’s lunar habitat module into Artemis and sets up a historic Italian Moonwalk, according to ASI president Teodoro Valente.
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AI 'Raven' Validates 118 Exoplanets from TESS — Plus Thousands of New Candidates
Researchers at the University of Warwick used an AI system called Raven to scan over 2.2 million TESS observations from the first four years of the mission. They validated 118 exoplanets (31 previously unreported) and flagged more than 2,000 candidates, about 1,000 of which are new.