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Everything We Know About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Gemini north observes comet 3I/ATLAS, the third-known interstellar object

Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has just been discovered. Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have captured 3I/ATLAS as it makes its temporary passage through our cosmic neighborhood.

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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.

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What we know so far about 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor

New findings about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveal its surprising size, possible thick disk origin, and what makes it unlike any other ISO

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If This Comet Is What We Think It Is, It’s Unlike Any Object Humanity Has Ever Seen

Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins ...

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Comet 3I/ATLAS is captured in this image by the Gemini North telescope. The incredible sensitivity of Gemini North's Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N) reveals the comet’s ...

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 ...

Himalayan Chandra Telescope captures comet ATLAS

Indian Astronomical Observatory captures interstellar comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) with Himalayan Chandra Telescope, promoting awareness through education and outreach.

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Scientists find ice comet older than the Sun that may be visible from Earth this year

The newly discovered space rock may be older than our entire solar system, and you may get the chance to see it ...

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Astronomers think newly discovered comet may be way older than the sun

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

Mystery space rock blazing through solar system ‘may be oldest comet ever seen’ – and there’s a chance you can spot it

AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...

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