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NASA Confirms Finding 3rd Interstellar Object To Visit Our Solar System
The comet was first reported on July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, and has been named 3I/ATLAS. It seems to be originating from the constellation Sagittarius and is currently located approximately 670 million kilometres away.
For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
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