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fromFast Company
18 hours ago
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: Live tracker, best view time, NASA updates as object passes near Earth

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth on December 19, crossing within 167 million miles with no danger to the planet.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago
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Time for an interstellar flyby! Meet 3i/ATLAS, a very old comet

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, billions of years old, is making a close, one-way flyby through the solar system, offering a perihelion research opportunity.
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fromSFGATE
1 day ago

How to spot this mysterious comet for the last time in Calif.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will pass closest to Earth on December 19, is visible with backyard telescopes, and will return to interstellar space.
fromfuturism.com
4 weeks ago

Amazing Telescope Photo Shows Comet Breaking Apart Into Huge Chunks

A comet, dubbed C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), spectacularly broke apart into three huge chunks and anybody with an eight-inch telescope or bigger can catch the resulting fireworks show for the next several weeks, according to Sky & Telescope. The comet shouldn't be confused with interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. K1/ATLAS originated from within the furthest stretches of the solar system, and not interstellar space. Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope 2.0 Project, which allows public access to remotely-controlled telescopes,
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

The Race to Study an Interstellar Comet from Deep Space

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object, prompted coordinated observations by Mars and other spacecraft using existing missions to study the visitor.
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