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Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Experts tell Live Science how they are planning to observe ...
I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...
Researchers at Oxford have discovered that comet 3I/ATLAS may be over 7 billion years old, making it the oldest one we've ...
A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...
After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...
However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...
Earth objects, astronomers recently discovered a comet visiting from interstellar space. This is only the third interstellar ...
3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1, is a comet from interstellar space, meaning it originated in another star system and entered our solar system on a one-time flyby. It was first spotted by the ATLAS ...
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3I/ATLAS: Distant Comet Visits Our Solar System
A NASA-funded telescope in Chile identified a comet from interstellar space on July 1, marking a significant astronomical ...
Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system.
He captured the first photographic spectrum of a comet, and later analysis of the imagery revealed cyanogen emissions at certain wavelengths.