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NASA confirms new interstellar object entering our Solar System; it’s the largest, fastest and only third ever recorded
It currently sits around 420 million miles (or 670 million kilometres) from Earth. Astronomers have since confirmed its foreign origin—it’s only the third known comet to travel from beyond our solar system.
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New Approach For Interstellar Navigation Was Just Tested On A Spacecraft 9 Billion Kilometers AwayBut researchers have just demonstrated that once you are far away from the planets of the Solar System, there might be a ...
The ultra-rare object is travelling at about 245,000 kilometres an hour and will fly deep into the solar system, skimming past Mars.
Classified as a comet, 3I/Atlas was first spotted on Tuesday by the NASA-funded ATLAS survey in Hawaii. Subsequent analysis ...
To reach Earth’s closest star system, Alpha Centauri, scientists are building a laser-powered spacecraft. To pull off ...
Here are some potential ways we Earthlings could achieve interstellar travel, ranked from least to most likely. Skip to content Introducing the all-new Astronomy.com Forum!
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