Astronomers Discover Third-Ever Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS

Jul 3, 2025 - 10:00
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Astronomers Discover Third-Ever Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS
This image, taken with the iTelescope.Net T72 telescope at Rio Hurtado, Chile, on July 2, 2025, shows the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Image credit: Filipp Romanov / CC BY-SA 4.0.

After the interstellar asteroid 1I/ʻOumuamua and the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov, 3I/ATLAS is the third object and the second comet from outside the Solar System confirmed.

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