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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.

Live Science on MSN · 1d

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." The cosmic interloper, officially named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third of its kind ever seen — and will shoot past Earth later this year.

USA TODAY on MSN · 21h

A comet from an entirely different solar system is flying through ours, NASA says

Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according to the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. It is believed to be about 20 kilometers, or over 12 miles wide, according to the ESA and traveling at about 60 kilometers, or 37 miles per second relative to the sun.

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It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet

I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...

How Fast Does A Spacecraft Need To Go To Escape The Solar System?

Spacecraft are not like the starships you see in movies. There is no endless supply of dilithium or hypermatter that lets you ...

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Junggar Basin sediments reveal interplay between solar system chaos and Earth's carbon cycle

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University ...

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Scientists spot object possibly from outside our solar system 'headed for Earth'

The European Space Agency (ESA) said it is monitoring an unidentified object alongside Russia identified only as A11pl3Z as ...

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Study claims a passing star could fling Earth out of the solar system

New research says that Earth could be ejected from our solar system if a passing star was to come close enough.

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NASA discovers comet from another star system, only 3rd known

It’s officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and poses no threat to Earth.

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A rare celestial visitor from beyond our solar system is here now

S omething unusual is moving through our solar system -a fast, faint object now confirmed to have originated beyond it.

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