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Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...
Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion ...
A rare interstellar comet is flying through our solar system. Here's how—and when—you might be able to see Comet ATLAS from ...
The European Southern Observatory has captured the clearest images yet of the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS as it moves ...
However, new research has shown this potentially "water ice-rich" visitor could be even more extraordinary than initially ...
The ATLAS (short for Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) is a NASA-funded program developed by the University of ...
A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists.
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar system by more than 3 billion years, researchers say. The "water ice-rich" ...
The comet was discovered by the NASA -funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope in Chile ...
Astronomers and space agencies continue to track the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS streaking through solar system at blistering ...
Sometimes "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency. For the third time since 2017, an interstellar object ...