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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.
AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...
A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
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A Rare Interstellar Object Is Blazing Through Our Solar System, Marking Only the Third Cosmic Visitor on RecordAstronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...
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7 billion-year-old mysterious comet is the oldest known guest in our solar systemNamed 3I/ATLAS, the object reportedly rich in water ice was discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile, when it was about 416 million miles (670 million kilometers) from the Sun.
Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...
I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.
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