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March 12, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmInterstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is exceptionally alcoholicThis interstellar visitor is “bursting with methanol,” according to one scientistBy Jackie…

February 28, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmInterstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured speeding through the solar system by Jupiter-bound spacecraftThis mysterious interstellar visitor is on…

December 16, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow to See Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as It Swings by Earth One Last TimeThis week marks the…

November 19, 20252 min readNASA’s Latest Images Bring Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Into ViewNASA spacecraft across the inner solar system captured new views of Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third…

When Comet 3I/ATLAS roared into the solar system this summer, it launched a scientific scramble to study what astronomers were quickly able to determine was only…

An object that came from outside our solar system is hurtling towards the sun at roughly 61km (38 miles) a second.First detected in July, this visitor…