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Astro Bob: Rare interstellar comet pays a visit to our solar system
Based on the comet's brightness and current distance — it's located just inside Jupiter's orbit — scientists estimate its diameter at about 12 miles across. 3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar object to visit our neck of the woods.
NASA finds new interstellar comet passing through solar system
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on Tuesday and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. The new interstellar comet's official name is 3I/ATLAS.
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
Beyond the fact that this is the third known interstellar object to have entered our solar system, “we don’t know very much,” ...
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How big is the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS? Does it pose any danger to Earth? Here's what we know about the newly discovered celestial objectThe third interstellar object detected has been named 3I/ATLAS and was discovered on July 1 from Chile. Astronomers from the ...
Sometimes, "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency — the third time now since 2017. What is it and are ...
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the ...
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...
Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, speeding towards the Sun at 60 km/s. Classified on July 2 ...
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