Tag: exoplanet science
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Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Closest Approach to Earth Dec. 19
What is 3I/ATLAS? Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is one of the few confirmed visitors from outside our solar system. Discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey, this icy visitor is journeying through our cosmic neighborhood on a hyperbolic trajectory that will take it away from the Sun after its fleeting…
