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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 ...
Astronomers have discovered another puzzling interstellar object − this third one is big, bright and fast
We have discovered two interstellar objects so far, ’Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov. ’Oumuamua had no dust tail and a ...
Science News6h
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.
University of Chicago News10h
Priscilla Frisch, pioneering expert on the heliosphere and local interstellar medium, 1943–2025
Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...
Nature22h
Rare find: interstellar visitor seen blazing through our Solar System
The object gained an official name, C/2025 N1 or 3I/ATLAS, on Wednesday. Moving at a record-setting speed for an interstellar ...
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Astronomers track object that may have originated outside the solar system
Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system. Scientists have ...