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A rare interstellar comet is headed our way in October. Here's how you could view it
Kareta says that come October, when the comet gets closer to Earth, "under dark skies ... with a big telescope and some ...
Pluto photos from NASA's New Horizons still captivating scientists decade later
It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...
New interstellar comet will keep a safe distance from Earth, NASA says
NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that's wandered into our backyard. Luckily, it won't get near enough to be a threat ...
A comet from an entirely different solar system is flying through ours, NASA says
Officially named 3I/ATLAS, the comet was confirmed as having originated outside of Earth's solar system on July 3, according ...
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 168 — "Survivor: NASA"
On Episode 168 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik jump into the headlines, and boy are there a lot of them! Welcome to the "Survivor: NASA" edition!
NASA discovers third interstellar comet
July 3 (UPI) -- NASA discovered the third interstellar comet through a survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile. The ...
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Astronomers Spot Interstellar Visitor: a Comet Blazing Through Our Solar System, Just the Third Ever Seen
Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it is blazing through our cosmic cul-de-sac at truly awe-inspiring speeds between the main asteroid belt and ...
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NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication — DART ejected large boulders into space
When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels ...
Astronomers think newly discovered comet may be way older than the sun
The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...