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Everything We Know About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Telescope spies rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming through our solar system (photos)

Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not loop back around the sun. That's why astronomers around the world are using a wide variety of telescopes to observe the comet during its brief visit, before it returns to interstellar space.

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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 discovery of just the third known interstellar object to visit our solar system on July 3.

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Our Best View Yet of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's not aliens.) ...

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Astronomers spot an interstellar object zipping through our solar system

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

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The Vera Rubin Observatory could find dozens of interstellar objects

As astronomers rush to study a newly discovered comet from beyond our solar system, a powerful new observatory may turn rare ...

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Astronomers are racing to study our solar system's newest 'interstellar visitor.' Here's why.

The astronomical community is abuzz over a newly discovered "interstellar object," only the third of its kind ever seen, ...

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Astronomer Says the Object Approaching Us From Beyond the Solar System Is Not What We Think

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests that if interstellar object 3I/ATLAS isn't a comet, nor an asteroid, it may have been ...

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Interstellar object that invaded our solar system might be the 'oldest ever seen'

Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...

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Rare object from another star spotted zipping around our solar system

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It ...

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Harvard Paper Explores Possibility That Object Approaching From Beyond Solar System Is Hostile Alien Technology

A strange interstellar object is hurdling its way towards Earth — and Harvard's top UFO hunter thinks it could be harmful ...

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Scientists tracking ‘interstellar’ object that has come to us from another solar system

The object, a celestial body from another star system, was discovered on Tuesday by the University of Hawaii’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, team. At this point, it remains ...

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Astronomers capture image of new comet 3I/ATLAS | Hanomansing Tonight

Astronomers in Hawaii have identified a new 'interstellar object' they are calling 3I/ATLAS. The comet passed earth on July 1 ...

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