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Gemini north observes comet 3I/ATLAS, the third-known interstellar object
Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...
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'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 ...
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Astronomers say new interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'very likely to be the oldest comet we have ever seen'
However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...
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Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS might be the oldest comet ever seen
Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
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Why scientists are so excited about the newfound interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (op-ed)
Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...
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 ...
3I/ATLAS: Interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...
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Interstellar object that invaded our solar system might be the 'oldest ever seen'
Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...
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 ...
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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, ...
Astronomers think newly discovered comet may be way older than the sun
The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...