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Newly spotted comet marks third interstellar object seen in solar system

NASA/ATLAS/University of HawaiiAstronomers are tracking a newly spotted visitor to our solar system.:: K Ly at Deep Random ...
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Comet 3I/ATLAS: A Visitor from Beyond the Solar System

Comet 3I/ATLAS was first identified by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), a global network of four ...
Space.com28d

New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through the solar system — and you can watch it live online today

You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...

A Rare Interstellar Object Is Zipping Through Our Solar System. This Brand-New Telescope Saw It First

Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar ...

Hubble Captures First Images of Ancient Interstellar Visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS

The comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered just as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory was gearing up to carry out its initial observations ...

Getting to know 3I/ATLAS, our solar system's newest interstellar visitor

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...
Live Science28d

NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new name

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object.
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7 Big Mysteries about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...