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Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

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British astronomers have discovered a mysterious object from space that is likely the oldest comet ever observed.This comet ...