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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 ...
Mysterious interstellar object enters solar system; the largest, fastest, and only the third ever recorded
Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, speeding towards the Sun at 60 km/s. Classified on July 2 ...
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NASA Confirms Arrival of New Interstellar Object in Our Solar System: Here’s What We Know
“On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, ...
Astronomers have discovered another puzzling interstellar object—this third one is big, bright and fast
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system ...
New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the object with the ...
Object Spotted From Outside Solar System The Same Day As In The Documentary Film 'Independence Day'
The object is likely a 12-mile wide asteroid or comet from way, way out of town that just happens to be passing through our ...
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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 ...
A rare interstellar comet is headed our way. Here's how you could view it
A rare visitor from another star system has been spotted: the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS! It was detected July 1 by the NASA ...