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Telescope spies rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming through our solar system (photos)
Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not loop back around the sun. That's why astronomers around the world are using a wide variety of telescopes to observe the comet during its brief visit, before it returns to interstellar space.
Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...
It's out of this world. Or, more accurately, this solar system.On July 1, astronomers discovered an object near the orbit of Jupiter that was somewhat peculiar. It had a strange orbit, one that didn't ...
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