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Rogue Planet’s Approach Could Reshape Solar System Dynamics

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system? Astronomers have new cause to investigate. With powerful telescopic ...

Mysterious Interstellar Object Hurtling Through Solar System Could Be As Big As Manhattan

Scientists have discovered that the 3I/ATLAS — a Manhattan-sized interstellar object that potentially has alien tech — is ...

Massive comet zooming through solar system could be alien technology, Harvard astrophysicist says

Harvard researcher Avi Loeb says comet 3I/ATLAS weighs 33 billion tons and spans 3.1 miles, making it far larger than ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Third known interstellar object to pass through solar system, right next to Earth’s orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile earlier this ...
Futurism

Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Solar System Is Coming From the Center of the Galaxy

Folks, it’s official: the object that astronomers recently spotted blowing through the outer solar system came from interstellar space. Yesterday, the intriguing stranger was named A11pl3Z. Now, it’s ...
CNN

Image reveals unprecedented view of the third interstellar object observed passing through our solar system

A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar system. The Hubble Telescope and its Wide Field Camera 3 got an incredible view of the comet ...
NPR

NASA spots a new comet flying in from a distant star system

Astronomers have spotted a new comet, moving on a trajectory that indicates that it whizzed into our solar system from interstellar space and is just passing through. It's only the third time ...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Spies an Interstellar Visitor Hurtling Through the Solar System

The European Space Agency also hoped to observe the interstellar object during its close approach to Mars using two ...
CBS News

NASA finds new interstellar comet passing through solar system

NASA has discovered a new interstellar comet that's currently located about 420 million miles away from Earth. The space agency spotted the quick-moving object with the Atlas telescope in Chile on ...

NASA's hubble telescope spots asteroid trail while hunting supernova in distant galaxy

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a surprising asteroid trail while observing a distant spiral galaxy 102 million ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Rare Interstellar Object Is Blazing Through Our Solar System, Marking Only the Third Cosmic Visitor on Record

The comet 3I/ATLAS moves against a backdrop of stars. The ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, was the first to report that the object came from interstellar space. ATLAS / University of ...
Space.com

Interstellar visitors like comet 3I/ATLAS are the most common objects in the Milky Way: 'There's almost always one within the solar system'

Objects such as 'Oumuamua, Borisov and recently 3I/ATLAS have opened our eyes to the reality that outsiders regularly visit our solar system — and we're about to start spotting a whole lot more of ...