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New Interstellar Object Comet 3I/ATLAS—What We Know So Far as It Zips through the Solar System
Late in the evening on July 1, a telescope in Chile that is part of the global, NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) picked up on a new moving dot in the sky, an object traveling past the orbit of Jupiter.
Beyond the fact that this is the third known interstellar object to have entered our solar system, “we don’t know very much,” ...
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
Sometimes, "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency — the third time now since 2017. What is it and are ...
El Mundo on MSN1d
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 ...
There's a new interstellar comet in the neighborhood! Known as 3I/ATLAS, this comet poses no threat to Earth – but it does ...
You can see the recently identified "interstellar object" 3I/ATLAS shooting towards us through the solar system in a ...
Astronomy on MSN1d
Astronomers race to learn more about third interstellar visitorNewfound interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be carrying pristine material from early in the Milky Way’s star-forming history.
NASA has discovered a mysterious interstellar comet entering our solar system. Learn what this strange visitor is and how scientists are tracking it now.
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