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Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

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A team of astronomers recently discovered the traveling space object, just the third of its kind to pass through our solar system.

NASA’s projection of the trajectory of 3I/ATLAS, which is expected to pass between the orbits of Earth and Mars and make its closest approach to the Sun in October. ILLUSTRATION: NASA/JPL-CALTECH

On July 2, NASA revealed the existence of 3I/ATLAS, only the third ever interstellar object observed in the universe. These are objects that exist in interstellar space—the areas between stars—and which are not gravitationally bound to any star. The two other interstellar objects discovered to date are the comets 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov.


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