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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.
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
It was only discovered last month (1 July) by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile and NASA was quick to confirm that the ...
A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...
AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...
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