Before we say goodbye to our interstellar visitor, another close encounter is on its way. This one could be course-altering.
A comet from another star system is sweeping through our cosmic backyard and, for the first time, astronomers have picked up a clear radio signal coming from it. The object, known as Comet 3I/ATLAS, ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS arrived looking like a routine icy visitor and then promptly started shredding the rulebook that astronomers use to understand these objects. From its skewed tail to ...
An international team of scientists has examined dust grains gathered by the NASA Stardust spacecraft and brought back to Earth – and has discovered that they originated in the interstellar dust ...
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A risky maneuver could send a spacecraft to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's the plan
By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that ...
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