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Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not ...
Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...
The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.
New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it ...
Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...
A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...
The comet was discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope. Knowing where to look, Rubin’s team found observations of the comet from June 21. For ...
New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...
However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS is expected to make its closest pass by the Sun on Oct. 30, when it will fly 130 million miles inside the ...
Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
New findings about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveal its surprising size, possible thick disk origin, and what makes it ...