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Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar ...
A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...
What at first seemed a routine detection of an object travelling through the solar system soon turned out to be anything but.
The European Southern Observatory has captured the clearest images yet of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS as it moves ...
Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...
There's a new interstellar comet in the neighborhood! Known as 3I/ATLAS, this comet poses no threat to Earth – but it does ...
Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...
“It’s very exciting!” Hopkins, an astrophysics graduate student at the University of Oxford, told IFLScience. “I’ve been ...
The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the ...
How do we know 3I/ATLAS, also called comet C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), is interstellar? Will it strike Earth? Can we visit it? Here ...