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‘Will keep safe distance from Earth’: Nasa spots interstellar comet in solar system; shares picture
NASA has discovered the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, located 4.5 au from the Sun, offering a rare glimpse into celestial ...
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NASA discovers interstellar comet in solar system
NASA's ATLAS telescope has detected a fast-moving interstellar comet, 3I/Atlas, which poses no threat to Earth. The comet is expected to approach the Sun around October 30.
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New Interstellar Comet Tracked To Its Origin Region: “It’s Much Older Than The Solar System”
Hopkins and Lintott are two of the six authors of a new paper that uses the new model to trace the origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS, and it appears to be coming from a completely different region of the ...
Astronomers have discovered another puzzling interstellar object—this third one is big, bright and fast
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...
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UH telescope detects solar system’s third known interstellar visitor
The detection of 3I/ATLAS marks our solar system’s third time saying aloha to an interstellar visitor, following the ...
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It’s 10 Kilometers Wide, Billions of Years Old, and Hauling Space Ice at 61 km/s
At up to 30 km wide, 3I/ATLAS is officially dummy thicc—with two Cs and a tail. Astronomers are calling it “the Lizzo of ...
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A New Interstellar Visitor Illuminates the Power and Promise of Modern Sky Surveys
Is the universe communicating with us through the messages of cosmic travelers? The latest find of 3I/ATLAS, an object ...
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Astronomers Stunned by Massive, Mysterious Object Racing Through Our Solar System
Astronomers have made an exciting discovery: a massive, shining object racing through our solar system. The object, which was ...