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Confirmed: A Rare Interstellar Object Is Passing Through Our Solar System
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system. Preliminary observations suggest it came from interstellar space, and if confirmed, it would mark the third discovery of an interstellar object in history.
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.
Though 3I/ATLAS will never come close to Earth, its passage offers a rare chance to study material beyond our solar system ...
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...
A MYSTERIOUS cosmic object has been spotted zooming through our solar system – and astronomers say it is only the third of ...
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Mysterious Manhattan-sized object enters our solar systemThe object, now officially designated 3I/Atlas (previously known as A11pl3Z), is believed to have come from a distant star ...
NASA telescopes in Chile have discovered a comet from interstellar space, making its closest approach in October.
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