I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

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The VERVE mission seeks to investigate the presence of bacterial life floating in the heavy cloud cover on Venus up close.

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The highest astronomical observatory in India is the Indian Astronomical Observatory (IAO), located in Hanle, Ladakh.

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There was also Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), which became visible to the naked eye during late summer and early autumn ...