Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has just pulled off the kind of stunt that keeps planetary scientists humble. After racing through its closest swing past the sun, instruments recorded an apparent void on ...
On a winter night in Chile in July 2025, astronomer Larry Denneau’s automated pipeline at the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey flagged a faint smudge drifting against the ...
In late 2025, astronomers spotted an interstellar comet making a quick trip through the solar system. 3I/ATLAS was discovered ...
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Astronomers analyzed the vapors coming off the comet when it neared the sun and found it had a lot of "heavy" water. That hints it grew up in a frigid planetary system, possibly before its home star f ...
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The mystifying 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet is blazing toward Earth and will in a matter of days come as close to our planet as it ever will. The impending cosmic rendezvous – if you want to call it ...
Weeks after a rare interstellar comet made its closest pass to the sun, it will make it’s closest pass to Earth. The comet has traveled billions of miles through other systems in space. Its orbit is ...