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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.
NASA finds new interstellar comet passing through solar system
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. 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.
NASA has discovered a mysterious interstellar comet entering our solar system. Learn what this strange visitor is and how scientists are tracking it now.
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
It’s officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and poses no threat to Earth.
When you first learned about the Solar System, you probably saw diagrams that made it look orderly, with planets arranged in circular orbits around the Sun on a flat disk.But in reality, our ...
NASA telescopes in Chile have discovered a comet from interstellar space, making its closest approach in October.
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