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New research suggests that the makeup of space ice might be quite a bit different than we previously believed.
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever encountered.
A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...
AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...
NASA has discovered the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, located 4.5 au from the Sun, offering a rare glimpse into celestial ...
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...
The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...
The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...
The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas is the fastest and largest of its kind, giving astronomers a rare glimpse into extrasolar ...
For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...