The mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is just weeks away from reaching its closest point to Earth: it’s expected to pass within just 170 million miles of our home planet on December 19, giving ...

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The Manhattan-size interstellar object 3I/ATLAS exhibited signs of non-gravitational acceleration and appeared “bluer than the sun” as it passed our local star — which could be signs of an alien craft ...

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The vast majority of matter is dark – invisible until it is detected only through its gravitational effects. The newly discovered object could be a clump of dark matter, or it could also be a compact, ...

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For over two months, astronomers have been closely following an interstellar object — dubbed 3I/ATLAS — as it screams through the solar system at a breakneck speed. The unusual visitor was only the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Object 3I/ATLAS is now too far from Earth to aim a telescope at, but prior observations showed some unusual behavior. The anomalous nature of the ...

A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system is sparking excitement among astronomers because it’s not from around here. Believed to be a comet, the object is only the third celestial ...