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NASA finds new interstellar comet passing through solar system
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on Tuesday and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. The new interstellar comet's official name is 3I/ATLAS.
Confirmed: A Rare Interstellar Object Is Passing Through Our Solar System
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system. Preliminary observations suggest it came from interstellar space, and if confirmed, it would mark the third discovery of an interstellar object in history.
Beyond the fact that this is the third known interstellar object to have entered our solar system, “we don’t know very much,” ...
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Astronomers spot potential 'interstellar visitor' shooting through the solar system toward EarthAstronomers have spotted what they think might be an "interstellar object" hurtling through the solar system — and it's ...
NASA has discovered 3I/ATLAS, only the third known interstellar object, now passing through our solar system from the ...
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New Horizons images enable first test of interstellar navigationBy looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...
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