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NASA, comet and solar system

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 to the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. It is believed to be about 20 kilometers, or over 12 miles wide, according to the ESA and traveling at about 60 kilometers, or 37 miles per second relative to the sun.

The New York Times · 2d

It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy.

CBS News · 1d

NASA finds new interstellar comet passing through solar system

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.

Interstellar object to visit solar system

Live Science on MSN · 2d

NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new name

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object." The cosmic interloper, officially named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third of its kind ever seen — and will shoot past Earth later this year.

Study Finds · 1d

Astronomers Have Spied An Interstellar Object Zooming Through The Solar System

The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawaii. Scientists tracked it for 80 days before eventually confirming it came from interstellar space.

Scientific American · 2d

New Interstellar Object Stuns Scientists as It Zooms through Solar System

All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system

Space.com2d

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 ...

This “City-Killer” Asteroid Has a 4% Chance of Hitting the Moon

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

Astronomy12y

ATLAS: The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System

With the aid of a $5 million grant from NASA, a University of Hawaii team of astronomers is developing Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), a system to identify dangerous ...

Space.com9y

Asteroid Impact Early-Warning System's 1st Telescope Up and Running

The first Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System telescope, or ATLAS 1, has been completed atop Maui's Haleakala volcano in Hawaii.

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