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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.
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
The icy giant is more than 10 times the size of any known comet, according to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
Based on the comet's brightness and current distance — it's located just inside Jupiter's orbit — scientists estimate its ...
The comet appears to burn a bright, lime green color in photographs. But Fraknoi says don't look for something green in the sky. "The naked eye just shows a fuzzy white glow," he said.
The comet's approach toward Earth coincides with a total solar eclipse on April 8. Around that time, 12P/Pons-Brooks will be at or near perihelion, the point during orbit when it's closest to the ...
A "Devil Comet," twice the size of size of Mt. Everest and has an active ice volcano, will barrel across Earth's view in spring of 2024, scientists say.
About two hours after the third round at the 2025 John Deere Classic, Aldrich Potgieter withdrew from the tournament, ...
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