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New interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: Everything we know about the rare cosmic visitor
How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...
Astronomers Discover 3I/ATLAS, Largest Interstellar Comet Yet Detected
Astronomers discovered 3I/ATLAS, a 10–20 km-wide interstellar comet racing into the solar system. It will reach perihelion in ...
Should we panic about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS?
Sometimes "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency. For the third time since 2017, an interstellar object ...
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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 ...
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NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system
The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it ...
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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Manhattan-sized mystery object enters our Solar System
A mysterious object the size of Manhattan, originating from outside our Solar System, has been spotted by astronomers.
NASA confirms new interstellar object entering our Solar System; it’s the largest, fastest and only third ever recorded
It currently sits around 420 million miles (or 670 million kilometres) from Earth. Astronomers have since confirmed its ...