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3I/ATLAS: NASA Discovers Rare Interstellar Object Racing Through Our Solar System
NASA has discovered a rare interstellar object named 3I/ATLAS—only the third of its kind ever detected. The comet, which ...
NASA identifies newly discovered object as an interstellar comet that will keep a safe distance
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the sky ...
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Third interstellar visitor discovered racing through our solar system
NASA has discovered 3I/ATLAS, only the third known interstellar object, now passing through our solar system from the ...
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NASA: New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth
NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth -- but closer to the red planet than us at a safe 150 million miles (240 ...
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Rare find: interstellar visitor seen blazing through our Solar System
The object gained an official name, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, on Wednesday. Moving at a record-setting speed for an interstellar ...
It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
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The Comet that Crashed into Jupiter (with David Levy) - WVXU
Image of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 taken in red light on a collision course with Jupiter. Its train of 21 icy fragments stretched across 710 thousand miles (1.1 million km) of space, or 3 times the ...