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NASA finds new interstellar comet passing through solar system
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 Tuesday and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. The new interstellar comet's official name is 3I/ATLAS.
Astronomers Have Spied An Interstellar Object Zooming Through The Solar System
The first interstellar object spotted in our Solar System was the cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 by the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in Hawaii. Scientists tracked it for 80 days before eventually confirming it came from interstellar space.
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NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new nameExperts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object.
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the ...
Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
A comet the size of Manhattan has been detected hurtling through the solar system, marking only the third time an ...
It’s officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and poses no threat to Earth.
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