US EditionOur Solar System Has a New Interstellar Visitor: Meet 3I/ATLAS
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A visitor from another world crosses our cosmic neighborhood. The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, coming from the depths of space beyond the Solar System, challenges our imagination about what comes from the cosmos. These comets are extraordinary: while all bodies of the Solar System share a common origin, interstellar comets are authentic outsiders, bearers of clues about the formation of very distant worlds.3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) is the third confi…
Our solar system has a new interstellar visitor: Meet 3I/ATLAS
Astronomers have spotted 3I/ATLAS, just the third interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. Bigger, faster, and possibly far older than ‘Oumuamua or Borisov, this icy traveler could help unlock clues about how other star systems formed billions of years ago.
Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb has generated a new wave of public attention around the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which is approaching the Solar System and will reach its closest point to Earth on December 19, 2025. Loeb has pointed out that certain characteristics of the object do not match the usual expectations of a natural comet, although official observations continue to classify it as such. Read more
University of Hawaii 88-inch Telescope Observations of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Spectrophotometric Blue-Sensitive Spectral Time Series Spanning Two Months from Discovery - Astrobiology
Interstellar objects are the ejected building blocks of other solar systems. As such, they enable the acquisition of otherwise inaccessible information about nascent extrasolar systems. The discovery of the third interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, provides an opportunity to explore the properties of a small body from another solar system and to compare it to the small […] The post University of Hawaii 88-inch Telescope Observations of the Interstell…
The 3I/ATLAS interstellar object was again placed at the center of the scientific discussion following statements by Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard University, who argues that this visitor from outside the solar system presents a set of anomalies that do not fully fit the expected behavior of a conventional comet. 3I/ATLAS is just the third confirmed interstellar object, after 1I/‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov; however, it shows relevant diffe…
3I/ATLAS Update: Harvard Physicist Puzzled by Alien Comet's Striking Color Change — It Glows Green
The universe just sent us a problem. It's a fast-moving, utterly bizarre object from outside our solar system, and it has baffled researchers by dramatically changing its colour as it hurtles towards its closest approach to Earth. While the idea that extra-terrestrial life exists remains purely speculative, the unusual behaviour of this cosmic visitor — known officially as 3I/ATLAS — has reignited that enduring debate, causing intense friction b…
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