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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,

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

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Confirmed: A Rare Interstellar Object Is Passing Through Our Solar System

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.

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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 ...

El Adelantado de Segovia12h

It’s official – The solar system is receiving an unexpected visit from an interstellar object, which could change everything

The comet will zip past Mars’s orbit and reach its closest point to the Sun on 29 October 2025, at 1.35 astronomical units.

New Scientist4d

Interstellar comet hurtling through solar system named 3I/ATLAS

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

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A third visitor from another star is hurtling through the solar system

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.

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Scientists may have discovered a third interstellar object in our solar system but it poses 'no threat' to Earth

Astronomers have discovered an interstellar object travelling through the solar system that is expected to pass by Earth ...

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