Darryl Z. Seligman is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third large interstellar visitor that we have ever discovered —- an asteroid ...

As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to gas giant Jupiter, a team of astronomers has concluded it may be even older than we thought. By analysing its chemical composition, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will pass safely by Earth on Dec. 19. . | Credit: 3I/ATLAS inset (NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA).

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS as seen by Hubble. | Credit: Comet inset: NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA). Image ...

Update: Friday, December 19, 8:16 a.m. ET: The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 has postponed its livestream of 3I/ATLAS’s Earth flyby to Friday, December 19, starting at 11:00 p.m. ET. Original article ...

This week, Earth will get its best chance to steady an interstellar comet as it makes its closest approach to the planet. Comet 3I/ATLAS will get closest to Earth on Dec. 19, and anyone can get a ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 30 November with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument. At the time, the comet was about 286 million kilometers from Earth.

The comet poses no danger to Earth and will pass at a distance of about 170 million miles. Scientists are studying the object, which originated outside our solar system, using telescopes like Hubble ...

This week, just days before Christmas, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to planet Earth – so close, that anyone with a "powerful amateur" telescope might see it. Here's ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on Friday, Dec. 19. The comet will pass within about 170 million miles of our planet and poses no danger. While not visible to the naked ...

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Today is the day that astronomers, amateur stargazers and alien conspiracy theorists alike have been waiting for: interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is as close to Earth as it will ever get. But lest you ...