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Hubble reveals new details about alien comet 3I/ATLAS
Confirmed as an alien comet, new observations have given us a much better idea of how large this interstellar object actually is.
Hubble’s Sharpest View Yet Unveils Secrets of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
No one knows where the comet came from. It’s like glimpsing a rifle bullet for a thousandth of a second,” said David Jewitt, the University of California, Los Angeles astronomer in charge of Hubble’s newest observations.
Comet 3I/ATLAS shows unusual dust patterns as it zips through our solar system
Hubble telescope captures third interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS showing active dust coma racing through solar system.
3I/ATLAS Is Fastest Interstellar Comet Ever Recorded, Clocking 130,000 MPH
Comet 3I/ATLAS has been observed by the Hubble Space Telescope, which delivered new insights into this third interstellar visitor. The orbital observatory has refined the estimates about the size of the cometary nucleus and confirmed that the comet is the fastest ever to come from beyond the Solar System.
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.
The solar system's third interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, is zooming by at 130,000 mph
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS.
Our Solar System Has a New Visitor: Interstellar Comet Could Be Nearly As Old as the Galaxy Itself
U-M astronomers are helping study a fast-moving, ancient, and massive comet that formed beyond our galaxy. A group of astronomers from around the world, including a doctoral student from the University of Michigan,
Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Seen in Stunning New Hubble Image
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed 3I/ATLAS, only the third known object from outside our Solar System to visit our neighborhood.

Is 3I/ATLAS an 'icy comet' or an alien lifeform? What to know

Scientists estimate the object to be more than 12-miles-wide, speeding at 37 miles-per-second, relative to the sun.

What is comet 3I/ATLAS? A Harvard astrophysicist says it could be alien technology

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has cowritten a research paper speculating whether the comet 3I/ATLAS is in fact "hostile" ...

What is Comet 3I/ATLAS speeding towards the Earth and how is NASA tracking it?

Learn about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a high-velocity visitor from another star system. Learn how NASA is tracking its ...
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3I/ATLAS is 7 miles wide — the largest interstellar object ever seen — new photos from Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveal

Detailed photos from the newly operational Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed that the recently discovered interstellar ...
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Is 3I/ATLAS 'Comet' an Alien Probe? These Are The Signs to Look For.

However, we might also want to look for hints of alien origin. One very strong piece of evidence would be any kind of radio waves coming from the probe as a form of communication. This is assuming the ...

A comet going 130,000 mph is visiting our solar system from another star. The Hubble telescope just took its picture.

Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to ...

NASA shares thrilling update on the mysterious interstellar object racing through our solar system

NASA has shared new details about 3I/ATLAS. It is an interstellar object moving at 209,000 km/h. Hubble images show it is ...
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NASA Probe Could Intercept Interstellar Comet, Scientists Say

STARRS Observatory in Hawaii made history in 2017 when they detected 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object (ISO) ever ...