On July 1, humanity became aware of comet 3I/ATLAS. This is only the third interstellar object known to us, even though, statistically, many thousands are flying through the Solar System as we speak; ...

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The discovery of a mysterious interstellar object called "3I/ATLAS" and its transit through our solar system has set off all kinds of speculation about whether the fairly massive visitor could be some ...

A team of astronomers found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it is an extraterrestrial spaceship. The comet was confirmed in July 2025 as the third known object to enter our solar ...