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Interstellar Object, cosmic visitor

Astronomers are racing to study our solar system's newest 'interstellar visitor.' Here's why.

Astronomers have been given the rare opportunity to study an extrasolar object after the recent discovery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Experts tell Live Science how they are planning to observe the cosmic visitor.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 4d

A Rare Interstellar Object Is Blazing Through Our Solar System, Marking Only the Third Cosmic Visitor on Record

Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it appears to be a comet and is thought to have flown in from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, where the central region of the Milky Way lies.

Space.com · 8d

New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through the solar system — and you can watch it live online today

You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream views beginning at 6:00 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). The feed will showcase imagery from telescopes in Manciano, Italy, weather permitting. Tune in via Virtual Telescope's WebTV, YouTube channel or here on Space.com.

Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

The Economist2d

An interstellar object is cruising through the solar system

What at first seemed a routine detection of an object travelling through the solar system soon turned out to be anything but.

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Scientists think they've worked out what unknown interstellar object in our solar system is

Scientists have been studying an interstellar object that's currently moving through our solar system which was first spotted on 1 July. It has been called 3I/ATLAS because of what spotted it, and ...

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A newly discovered interstellar object might predate the solar system

I/ATLAS might be over 7 billion years old, a new study reports, which would make it the oldest comet known. But experts caution we need more data.

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Rare object from another star spotted zipping around our solar system

A new interstellar object, A11pl3Z, has been discovered in our solar system, marking the third such object to be observed. It ...

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