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A newly discovered interstellar comet could be older than the Solar System, and scientists think it carries secrets from the dawn of the galaxy.
Comet 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to ever be observed whizzing through the Solar System. While its origins ...
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...
Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...
Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...
According to the team's measurements, the comet's nucleus is around a whopping 128 kilometers (80 miles) across, making it bigger than the state of Rhode Island, and far larger than its closest ...
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream ...
Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...
Scientists discover 3I/ATLAS, a possible 7-billion-year-old comet from deep space. It may rewrite what we know about the ...
NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space ...
A newly discovered ice comet from deep space may be over 7 billion years old, making it the most ancient comet scientists ...
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...