Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS passes Earth this week
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With 3I/ATLAS days away from making its closest approach to Earth, agencies worldwide are conducting the largest and most extensive planetary defense drill — with the goal of protecting ourselves against future threats from beyond.
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS caught on camera in new images from Hubble Space Telescope and JUICE Jupiter probe
Discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile, 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed visitor from another solar system, following 1I/'Oumuamua in 2017 and comet 2I/Borisov in 2019.
It's only the third object in history from outside our solar system to be discovered cruising through our area of space.