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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.
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope spotted Comet C/2014 UN271, which has a solid nucleus that reaches 85 miles across. That’s more than twice the width of Rhode Island.
Hubble telescope confirms largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers The comet, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has an estimated diameter of about 80 miles. That's bigger than ...
The comet, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has an estimated diameter of about 80 miles. That's bigger than Rhode Island and about 50 times larger than the heart of most comets.
The comet, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has an estimated diameter of about 80 miles. That's bigger than Rhode Island and about 50 times larger than the heart of most comets.
The comet, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has an estimated diameter of about 80 miles. That's bigger than Rhode Island and about 50 times larger than the heart of most comets.
For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system. First named A11pl3Z and now designated as ...
Astronomers are monitoring an object headed our way that may have wandered over from another star system. Scientists have ...
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Astronomers spot potential 'interstellar visitor' shooting through the solar system toward EarthA newly discovered object, dubbed A11pl3Z, appears to be moving too fast and straight to have originated in the solar system.
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