The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has just done something no visitor from another star system has ever been caught doing: it lit up in X-rays. As its elongated orbit carries it through the inner solar ...

The XMM-Newton observatory spotted a red X-ray glow around the interstellar comet on December 3. - ESA/XMM-Newton/C. Lisse; S. Cabot & the XMM ISO Team An interstellar comet first spotted passing ...

An interstellar comet first spotted passing through our solar system in July is beginning its departure from our corner of the universe — but first it will fly by Earth, and scientists are capturing ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS—the third interstellar object ever known to pass through our solar system—is accelerating and now approaching its closest point to Earth. “Significant” non-gravitational accelerations ...

Here’s how to keep your 3I on it. With 3I/ATLAS slated to make its Earth tour in two days, amateur photographers and astronomers alike are scrambling to catch sight of the interstellar comet. Our ...

Is it cropdusting Earth with toxins? When 3I/ATLAS made its fly-by of Earth on December 19, Harvard scientist Avi Loeb wondered if it could’ve delivered an early Xmas present — poison debris raining ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The XMM-Newton observatory spotted a red X-ray glow around the interstellar comet on December 3. - ESA/XMM-Newton/C. Lisse; S.

(CNN) — An interstellar comet first spotted passing through our solar system in July is beginning its departure from our corner of the universe — but first it will fly by Earth, and scientists are ...