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NASA Astronomers Just Discovered a Comet that Flew Here from Interstellar Space

Earth objects, astronomers recently discovered a comet visiting from interstellar space. This is only the third interstellar object ever discovered, following ‘Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov. Each of these interstellar visitors offers a chance to learn about another star system without having to go there ourselves,

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Astronomers think newly discovered comet may be way older than the sun

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 constellation Sagittarius and is about 300 million miles from Earth right now.

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NASA discovers third interstellar comet

July 3 (UPI) -- NASA discovered the third interstellar comet through a survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile. The interstellar comet first observed on Tuesday by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Alert System telescope, or ATLAS, has been officially named 3I/ATLAS.

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Crashing into an asteroid creates chaotic space boulders

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

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NASA confirms that mysterious object shooting through the solar system is an 'interstellar visitor' — and it has a new name

Experts have confirmed that the mysterious object hurtling towards us, previously dubbed A11pl3Z, is an "interstellar object.

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NASA discovers rare and 'very fast' interstellar object moving through Solar System

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a small satellite already orbiting Earth. IBEX has special instruments gathering ...

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NASA's Lucy Probe Sends First Full View Picture Of Main-Belt Asteroid Donaldjohanson

The probe's first encounter will be with the asteroid Eurybates in August 2027. According to NASA, Lucy will conduct four ...

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World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

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NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system

The newly discovered interstellar visitor is just the third of its kind and fascinates astronomers who hope to learn from it ...

Asteroid Day At 10: How The World Is More Prepared Than Ever To Face Celestial Threats

"The United Nations declaration of June 30 as Asteroid Day is a very important milestone for us," Asteroid Day co-founder ...

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City Killer Asteroid May Strike Moon In 2032, NASA Warns

NASA has released an alarming forecast that a “City Killer” asteroid could collide with the Moon in 2032. The asteroid, ...

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