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A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists.
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 ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a cosmic first for this decade, astronomers have identified a mysterious comet from another galaxy — ...
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...
The third object known to have entered the Solar System from interstellar space has an origin unlike either of its ...
The interstellar comet Borisov, captured zooming through our solar system in late 2019 (O. Hainaut / ESO) April 6, 2021. Share. Save.
Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave talk about a comet visiting from interstellar space, caterpillars that eat and break down plastic, and how animals' sense of smell varies by altitude.
Astronomers are meticulously tracking the new interstellar visitor that is crossing our solar system. Officially designated ...