Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reached a speed of 58 km/s upon arrival, and was too fast to be captured, making a short flyby a valuable high-value experiment in chemistry, dust physics, and solar ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS is a visitor that will never call the solar system home. Identified on a one-way path that carries it in and ...

Our cosmic home, the solar system, contains incredible planets and magnificent celestial objects, all held together with the Sun's gravitational embrace. But, from outside the celestial boundaries of ...

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Based on the speed and trajectory of a newly detected object, astronomers believe it came to our solar system from beyond. This illustration shows the first known interstellar object to fly though our ...

NASA has confirmed that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS safely passed Earth without any deviation from its predicted trajectory, dismissing online fears of a potential impact or orbital anomaly. The ...

A rare interstellar visitor, comet 3I/ATLAS, is currently traversing our solar system, offering scientists a unique chance to study an object from another star. This comet, unlike those orbiting our ...