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A rare interstellar comet is headed our way in October. Here's how you could view it
Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some patience, maybe you might be able to see it." Which he says would be special because, "that might be the first time anyone has actually seen the light from an interstellar object with their own eyes."
Confirmed: A Rare Interstellar Object Is Passing Through Our Solar System
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system. Preliminary observations suggest it came from interstellar space, and if confirmed, it would mark the third discovery of an interstellar object in history.
Mystery interstellar object could be oldest known comet
ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has obtained new images of the path, shown as a dotted line of lights, of 3I/Atlas, an interstellar object discovered last week A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen,
When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the ...
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...
Earth objects, astronomers recently discovered a comet visiting from interstellar space. This is only the third interstellar ...
The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed thick, dusty layers of the Cat's Claw Nebula, a region of star formation about ...
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A Rare Interstellar Object Is Blazing Through Our Solar System, Marking Only the Third Cosmic Visitor on RecordAstronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
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 ...
A comet the size of Manhattan has been detected hurtling through the solar system, marking only the third time an ...
There's a new interstellar object moving through our solar system and it's called 3I/ATLAS, according to NASA.
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NASA Announces Just the Third-Ever Interstellar Visitor From the Larger Milky WayNASA has announced an exciting discovery hurtling through our solar system: an interstellar object. It’s a comet, but beyond ...
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