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New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is hurtling through the solar system — and you can watch it live online today
You can watch comet 3I/ATLAS live online tonight (July 3), thanks to the Virtual Telescope Project, which will livestream views beginning at 6:00 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). The feed will showcase imagery from telescopes in Manciano, Italy, weather permitting. Tune in via Virtual Telescope's WebTV, YouTube channel or here on Space.com.
New Interstellar Object Comet 3I/ATLAS—What We Know So Far as It Zips through the Solar System
Late in the evening on July 1, a telescope in Chile that is part of the global, NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) picked up on a new moving dot in the sky, an object traveling past the orbit of Jupiter.
Sometimes, "the universe comes to us," writes the European Space Agency — the third time now since 2017. What is it and are ...
Though 3I/ATLAS will never come close to Earth, its passage offers a rare chance to study material beyond our solar system ...
Based on the comet's brightness and current distance — it's located just inside Jupiter's orbit — scientists estimate its ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1. “It came from outside our solar system and right now, it's inside the orbit of ...
The comet was first reported on July 1 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey ...
Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...
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