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Our Best View Yet of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Caught By Rubin Observatory In Unplanned First Science Study

The comet was discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope. Knowing where to look, Rubin’s team found observations of the comet from June 21. For this analysis, which awaits peer review, the astronomers have combined them with observations all the way to July 7.

Space.com on MSN · 4d

Telescope spies rare interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming through our solar system (photos)

Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not loop back around the sun. That's why astronomers around the world are using a wide variety of telescopes to observe the comet during its brief visit, before it returns to interstellar space.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS transforms into a giant 'cosmic rainbow' in trippy new telescope image

New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it ...

This comet may be older than our solar system

Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...

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This interstellar comet may be a frozen relic from before the Sun

A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system ...

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An Interstellar Comet Is Here, and Its Age Is Mind-Bending

After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...

Space on MSN3d

The Vera Rubin Observatory could find dozens of interstellar objects

Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar visitor to our solar system. But with the Rubin Observatory now scanning ...

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If This Comet Is What We Think It Is, It’s Unlike Any Object Humanity Has Ever Seen

Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins ...

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Indian team capture rare images of interstellar comet from Ladakh's Hanle

The comet, officially confirmed on July 1, 2025, by the Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in ...

Interstellar object that invaded our solar system might be the 'oldest ever seen'

Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...

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