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Everything We Know About Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

'Interstellar visitor' 3I/ATLAS could be the oldest comet ever seen — and could grow a spectacular tail later this year

New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it could be more than 3 billion years older than the solar system.

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Getting to know 3I/ATLAS, our solar system's newest interstellar visitor

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the discovery of just the third known interstellar object to visit our solar system on July 3.

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What we know so far about 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor

Astronomers are continuing to gather data on 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object (ISO) to pass through our solar system - and possibly the most intriguing yet. Since its discovery on July 1,

Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's not aliens.) ...

An Interstellar Comet Is Here, and Its Age Is Mind-Bending

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

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Astronomers spot an interstellar object zipping through our solar system

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...

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Visitors from deep space are buzzing our solar system. The race is on ...

The interstellar visitors have arrived. Two years ago, an automated telescope in Hawaii detected ‘Oumuamua, the first known object from interstellar space observed passing through our solar ...

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