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If This Comet Is What We Think It Is, It’s Unlike Any Object Humanity Has Ever Seen
Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins ...
Comet believed to be 3 billion years older than our solar system
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...
This interstellar comet may be a frozen relic from before the Sun
A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS is captured in this image by the Gemini North telescope. The incredible sensitivity of Gemini North's Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N) reveals the comet’s ...
It's out of this world. Or, more accurately, this solar system.On July 1, astronomers discovered an object near the orbit of Jupiter that was somewhat peculiar. It had a strange orbit, one that didn't ...
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An alien comet is now passing through our solar system. Here's what we know
On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...