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An interstellar tourist is taking a quick trip through our solar system, becoming one of just three known objects to ever do so, according to NASA. A comet from a solar system outside our own was ...
It's officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, and it poses no threat to Earth. The other two interstellar objects were 2I/Borisov, reported in 2019 , and ...
Astronomers have discovered a rare instance of a interstellar comet speeding through the solar system. The 3I/ATLAS was first spotted on July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...
A rare but faint interstellar visitor from beyond our solar system is racing toward the sun — and you can watch it live online today! Astronomers have identified this cosmic interloper as 3I ...
Harvard physicist Avi Loeb revealed that the object is expected to approach Earth on December 17, speeding through the solar system at more than 41 miles per second (roughly 150,000 miles per hour).
It’s officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and poses no threat to Earth. Buck Moon, ‘Swift Planet’ and more: How to enjoy July’s night sky events ...
It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet. 3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy.
A comet has entered the Solar System from interstellar space and will pass harmlessly through the inner planets later this year, NASA says. The comet, designated 3I/ATLAS, appeared to approach the ...
The Oort Cloud, an expanse of icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system, is shown here in a scene from "Encounters in the Milky Way," a show at New York City's Hayden Planetarium that ...
A comet has entered the Solar System from interstellar space and will pass harmlessly through the inner planets later this year, NASA says. The comet, designated 3I/ATLAS, appeared to approach the ...
An interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS is passing through our solar system this year, NASA announced yesterday. Today at 6 p.m. ET, you can see it for yourself, thanks to a livestream from the ...