The space object, which was only recently discovered by scientists, will pass closest to Earth on Friday, December 19. Here's ...
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is about to make its closest approach to Earth. Here's how to view it with binoculars or a telescope
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth on Friday, December 19, as it continues to hurtle ...
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NASA eyes 3I/ATLAS with alien-hunting Clipper spacecraft as comet approaches Earth
NASA's alien-hunting Europa Clipper spacecraft took seven hours of ultraviolet observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly by our planet at a safe distance of 1.8 astronomical units (roughly 167 million miles or ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth today (Dec. 19, 2025). Here's the latest news you need to ...
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Comet 3I/ATLAS reaches its closest point to Earth tonight: How to see it in the sky and online
Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, will swing closest to Earth overnight from Thursday to Friday (Dec. 18 to 19). Here’s how to see it.
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From a Remote Observatory, He’s Defending Our Planet. Get a Glimpse Inside the Life of a Doomsday Asteroid Hunter
David Rankin of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona spends nights scanning the solar system for potentially catastrophic space ...
According to NASA, 3I/ATLAS has an icy nucleus and a coma, which is a bright cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the comet ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar comet after 2017's 1I/'Oumuamua and 2019's 2I/Borisov. It was discovered on July 1, 2025 and made its closest approach to the sun in October. Now it is ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor, is visible this week as it departs the solar system, with some public events ...
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Why NASA shut down a $1B telescope despite stunning images
NASA’s decision to shut down a $1 billion infrared space telescope, even as it continued to send back spectacular images, was ...
Comet 3I/ATLAS is a rare visitor passing briefly through our solar system. Here’s how to find it in the night sky—and what ...
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