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Only the Third Ever Detected Interstellar Object May Be Whizzing Through Our Solar System Right Now

Astronomers are scrambling to gather data on a mysterious object that’s currently hurtling through the solar system. Preliminary observations suggest it came from interstellar space, and if confirmed, it would mark the third discovery of an interstellar object in history.

ScienceAlert · 2h

It's Official: NASA Confirms New Interstellar Object Is Zooming Through Solar System

Update: NASA has confirmed the object is an interstellar comet and says it has been officially named 3I/ATLAS.

New Scientist · 15h

Interstellar visitor spotted hurtling through the solar system

An object thought to have come from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to whip around the sun in the coming months

5h

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 ...

9h

Third-Ever Interstellar Visitor May Have Just Appeared

A potential interstellar interloper is currently zooming toward the Sun. Its strange approach angle suggests it may have come ...

7hon MSN

Scientists tracking ‘interstellar’ object that has come to us from another solar system

Scientists believe that many more such objects regularly pass by the Earth, with a number of them flying relatively near to ...

New Scientist on MSN12h

New Horizons images enable first test of interstellar navigation

By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the ...

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