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An Interstellar Comet Is Here, and Its Age Is Mind-Bending
After defending his PhD thesis on modeling interstellar objects on Monday, June 30, Matthew Hopkins intended to take some ...
Comet believed to be 3 billion years older than our solar system
Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...
Interstellar Comet in Solar System Might Be 7 Billion Years Old
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar ...
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7 billion-year-old mysterious comet is the oldest known guest in our solar system
Researchers at Oxford have discovered that comet 3I/ATLAS may be over 7 billion years old, making it the oldest one we've ...
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An alien comet is now passing through our solar system. Here's what we know
On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...
Mystery space rock blazing through solar system ‘may be oldest comet ever seen’ – and there’s a chance you can spot it
AN INTERSTELLAR space rock zooming through our solar system may be the oldest comet ever seen by humans, according to ...
From beyond the stars: Comet from another galaxy enters our solar system
COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a cosmic first for this decade, astronomers have identified a mysterious comet from another galaxy — ...
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NASA-Funded Telescope Detects Interstellar Comet Passing Through Our Solar System
The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations to the Minor Planet Center of comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.