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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS transforms into a giant 'cosmic rainbow' in trippy new telescope image
New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it ...
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Finding the summer triangle in the night sky this week
As twilight falls, one of the first stars to appear during summer evenings is Vega, positioned almost directly overhead.  Looking at Vega ...
Astronomers capture image of new comet 3I/ATLAS | Hanomansing Tonight
Astronomers in Hawaii have identified a new 'interstellar object' they are calling 3I/ATLAS. The comet passed earth on July 1 ...
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Interstellar object that invaded our solar system might be the 'oldest ever seen'
Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...
Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's not aliens.) ...
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The Vera Rubin Observatory could find dozens of interstellar objects
Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. But with the Rubin Observatory now scanning ...
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Comet 3I/ATLAS is captured in this image by the Gemini North telescope. The incredible sensitivity of Gemini North's Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS-N) reveals the comet’s ...
It's out of this world. Or, more accurately, this solar system.On July 1, astronomers discovered an object near the orbit of Jupiter that was somewhat peculiar. It had a strange orbit, one that didn't ...
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Astronomer Says the Object Approaching Us From Beyond the Solar System Is Not What We Think
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb suggests that if interstellar object 3I/ATLAS isn't a comet, nor an asteroid, it may have been ...