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New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through the solar system — and you can watch it live online today
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream views beginning at 6:00 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). The feed will showcase imagery from telescopes in Manciano, Italy, weather permitting. Tune in via Virtual Telescope's WebTV, YouTube channel or here on Space.com.
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.
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Mysterious Object Headed Into Our Solar System Is Coming From the Center of the GalaxyFolks, it's official: the object that astronomers recently spotted blowing through the outer solar system came from ...
Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...
For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.
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