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Fastest comet ever recorded comes from beyond our solar system
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped images of a recently discovered interstellar visitor hurtling through our solar system. Traveling at 130,000 mph, 3I/ATLAS is the fastest comet ever observed by astronomers—the comet’s velocity hints at its ancient origins, as well as its potential impending, fiery fate.
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Hubble Telescope gives us our best look yet at the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (video, photo)
Of course, 3I/ATLAS is no ordinary comet. Discovered on July 1, 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...
Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to pass our way.
The latest observations of 3I/ATLAS suggest it resembles comets from the outer reaches of our solar system, but may be ...
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Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our ...
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Massive comet trail may have transformed Earth's climate more than 12,000 years ago, tiny particles suggest
A massive comet trail may have caused climate upheaval on Earth more than 12,000 years ago, sparking the Younger Dryas.
A team of astronomers has taken the sharpest-ever picture of the unexpected interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the crisp ...
Scientists estimate the object to be more than 12-miles-wide, speeding at 37 miles-per-second, relative to the sun.
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has cowritten a research paper speculating whether the comet 3I/ATLAS is in fact "hostile" ...
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A Comet Could’ve Caused Rapid Climate Shift Around 12,800 Years Ago
Learn more about the Younger Dryas event, an ancient climate change catastrophe that’s typically attributed to glacial ...
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