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New Interstellar Object Comet 3I/ATLAS—What We Know So Far as It Zips through the Solar System
Late in the evening on July 1, a telescope in Chile that is part of the global, NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) picked up on a new moving dot in the sky, an object traveling past the orbit of Jupiter.
A comet the size of Manhattan has been detected hurtling through the solar system, marking only the third time an ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) will launch its bold "Comet Interceptor" Mission after 3I/ATLAS became the third interstellar ...
A "Devil Comet," twice the size of size of Mt. Everest and has an active ice volcano, will barrel across Earth's view in spring of 2024, scientists say.
The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in Rio Hurtado first spotted the object ...
When a new comet appears in the sky, there is often excitement. But things don’t always end well for the ancient celestial objects, made of ice, frozen gases and rock, as they near the sun ...
Unfortunately for the comet, and for stargazers, there is another possible reason for the comet’s shrinking light signature. Comets are largely made up of dust and ice, and Comet A3 could be ...
A cosmic clump of frozen dust and ice, Comet C/2024 G3 may be born from the frozen leftovers of the Solar System’s formation. According to the Planetary Society, the comet probably originated in ...
When a new comet appears in the sky, there is often excitement. But things don’t always end well for the ancient celestial objects, made of ice, frozen gases and rock, as they near the sun ...
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