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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.
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever detected. You can stream the object live today, or maybe see it from your ...
Anatomy of an interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS follows two other intriguing interstellar objects, called ISOs, that once passed through our solar system: ‘Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in ...
Though 3I/ATLAS will never come close to Earth, its passage offers a rare chance to study material beyond our solar system ...
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