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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T21:34:06.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Astronomers have found that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS contains an unusually large amount of methanol. Every interstellar object that passes through our solar system offers a rare chance to sample material forged around another star. Now, new observations of comet 3I/ATLAS using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have revealed a chemical surprise: the comet is [...]",
  "title": "Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Is Bursting With an Unexpected Chemical"
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