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How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...
Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...
Astronomers in Hawaiʻi detected the solar system's third interstellar object, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, which poses no threat to ...
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
For only the third time in history, astronomers have identified what they think is an interstellar object — and it could be ...
Its closest approach to the Sun will occur around October 30, just inside Mars’ orbit, at 1.4 AU, before it continues its ...
The detection of 3I/ATLAS marks our solar system’s third time saying aloha to an interstellar visitor, following the ...
Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the third time such an interstellar object ...
The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...
An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed. The object -- likely a comet -- was first detected in data collected between ...