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Comet or alien spaceship? Astrophysicist explains what we know about interstellar traveler 3I/Atlas

The eyes of every astronomer widened this year when an interstellar traveler was discovered in our solar system.
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New photos of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS reveal its tail growing before our eyes

New images reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS beginning to grow a signature tail as it zooms closer to the sun ahead of a ...
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Images Show Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Is Now Growing a Tail

This bodes well for astronomers keen to see the emergence of long, well-defined cometary tails as 3I/ATLAS shimmies towards ...
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Scientists capture interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS growing a tail: 'This image is both a scientific milestone and a source of wonder' (photo, video)

"We were excited to see the growth of the tail, suggesting a change in the particles from the previous Gemini images." ...

Has 3I/ATLAS' tail been growing? Telescope observations reveal how comet has changed

A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object ...

Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could release ‘mini-probes’ that hit Earth, experts warn

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb and Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna are calling for greater monitoring of 3I/ATLAS which ...
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly by Mars 1 month from now — and Europe's Red Planet orbiters will be ready

The interstellar visitor will pass just 30 million kilometers from Mars on Oct. 3 — far closer than it comes to Earth.