Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs an Interstellar Visitor
July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025
PASADENA, California, July 11 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs an Interstellar Visitor
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A comet is hurtling into our solar system from interstellar space at about 152,000 miles per hour. The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, was discovered by the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, on July 1. When the object was f . . .
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Zwicky Transient Facility Nabs an Interstellar Visitor
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A comet is hurtling into our solar system from interstellar space at about 152,000 miles per hour. The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, was discovered by the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, on July 1. When the object was f . . .