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A rare interstellar comet is headed our way in October. Here's how you could view it
Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some patience, maybe you might be able to see it." Which he says would be special because, "that might be the first time anyone has actually seen the light from an interstellar object with their own eyes."
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 Tuesday and confirmed it was a comet from another star system. The new interstellar comet's official name is 3I/ATLAS.
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever encountered.
Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and ...
A comet the size of Manhattan has been detected hurtling through the solar system, marking only the third time an ...
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NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication — DART ejected large boulders into spaceWhen NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels ...
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7 billion-year-old mysterious comet is the oldest known guest in our solar systemIt’s a fantastic opportunity to test our model on something new and possibly ancient.” The scientist explained that the comet ...
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