Tag: interstellar
Interstellar Meteors Hit Earth All the Time but Still Elude Astronomers
The UniverseFridays The Sky Is Falling—From Another Star Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings Some shooting stars in Earth’s skies probably come from beyond the solar system. Stay connected to The Universe: Get email alerts for this…
New Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS’s Biggest Mysteries Explained
7 Big Mysteries about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever By Jonathan O’Callaghan edited by Lee Billings The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS appears as a blurry, dust-shrouded dot in this image from the Gemini North telescope. Future observations should…
New Interstellar Object Comet 3I/ATLAS—What We Know So Far as It Zips through the Solar System
New Interstellar Object Stuns Scientists as It Zooms through Solar System All eyes are on Comet 3I/ATLAS as astronomers worldwide chase the exotic ice ball through our solar system By Nora Bradford edited by Lee Billings A diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will make…