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The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.
Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not ...
Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...
New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it ...
The comet was discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope. Knowing ...
New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...
"The consequences, should the hypothesis turn out to be correct, could potentially be dire for humanity," said Avi Loeb.
Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...
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 ...
Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins ...
3I/ATLAS is only the third object which has been confirmed to have originated outside our solar system after 1I/Oumuamua ...
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...