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3I, ATLAS and interstellar visitor

3I/ATLAS: Everything you need to know about the new 'interstellar visitor' shooting through the solar system

Astronomers have spotted a new interstellar object — the third of its kind ever seen — shooting towards us through the solar system. Here's everything you need to know about 3I/ATLAS.

Phys.org on MSN · 1d

3I/ATLAS: Scientific paper details what's known about the third-ever interstellar object

When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the third of its kind ever known, astronomers at Michigan State University—along with a team of international researchers—turned their telescopes to capture data on the new celestial sighting.

Space.com · 9d

New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through the solar system — and you can watch it live online today

You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream views beginning at 6:00 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). The feed will showcase imagery from telescopes in Manciano, Italy, weather permitting. Tune in via Virtual Telescope's WebTV, YouTube channel or here on Space.com.

NASA, Comet and interstellar

SYFY on MSN · 1d

NASA Astronomers Just Discovered a Comet that Flew Here from Interstellar Space

Earth objects, astronomers recently discovered a comet visiting from interstellar space. This is only the third interstellar object ever discovered, following ‘Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov. Each of these interstellar visitors offers a chance to learn about another star system without having to go there ourselves,

CBS News · 8d

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.

BBC · 1d

Mystery interstellar object could be oldest known comet

ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has obtained new images of the path, shown as a dotted line of lights, of 3I/Atlas, an interstellar object discovered last week A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen,

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A comet from an entirely different solar system is flying through ours, NASA says

Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...

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Pluto photos from NASA's New Horizons still captivating scientists decade later

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

Mysterious Manhattan-sized interstellar comet spotted blasting through solar system: NASA

These things take millions of years to go from one stellar neighborhood to another, so this thing has likely been traveling ...

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NASA’s new WISE mission atlas reveals the entire sky in infrared

NASA has released a collection of 80,000 images and a comprehensive new atlas of the night sky, derived from the infrared mapping of the sky by the agency’s WISE mission.

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Pluto photos from NASA's New Horizons still captivating scientists decade after historic flyby

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...

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