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A Strange Object Has Entered Our Solar System—and One Scientist Says It May Be an Alien Craft
The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything about it that might align with a hypothetical alien spacecraft.
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Exoplanet Discoveries Pass the 6,000 Mark, Shedding Light on How Our Solar System Compares to the Rest of the Universe
The rate of finding these distant worlds has recently increased, with astronomers scrambling to accommodate the data
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An interstellar object is passing through our solar system. This UC program says to stay calm and carry on
An interstellar visitor is barreling closer to our sun, giving scientists a rare opportunity to observe an object from outside our celestial backyard. The comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third known object from outside our solar system to be found passing through.
I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, astronomers detected a strange, fast-moving object racing toward the Sun. Named 3I/ATLAS,
Nasa has discovered over 6,000 exoplanets - planets outside our Solar System and continue to search for Earth-like worlds that could support life.
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Scientist Watching to See If Mysterious Object Visiting Our Solar System Releases Any Probes
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb argued interstellar object 3I/ATLAS "could either visit us or release some mini-probes that arrive to Earth."
Earth is far from the only celestial body in the Solar System.
Space.com on MSN
Interstellar visitors like comet 3I/ATLAS are the most common objects in the Milky Way: 'There's almost always one within the solar system'
3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object currently zipping through the solar system, is capturing the attention of astronomers, the public and even most of our deep space assets. Its hyperbolic orbit tells us that it is not gravitationally bound to the sun and is just passing through.
Astronomers have been racing to get a better look at 3I/ATLAS, a mysterious object with interstellar origins that has defied expectations. While there's a broad consensus among experts that the object is a comet,
Obtained by UB as part of a project to observe last year's total solar eclipse, the telescope will be used for education and outreach.