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Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...
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What at first seemed a routine detection of an object travelling through the solar system soon turned out to be anything but.
NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth ...
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Anatomy of an interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS follows two other intriguing interstellar objects, called ISOs, that once passed through our solar system: ‘Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.
New Interstellar Comet Will Keep a Safe Distance From Earth, NASA Says CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency ...
It, too, is believed to be a comet. “We’ve been expecting to see interstellar objects for decades, frankly, and finally we’re seeing them,” Chodas said.