A mysterious object speeding through our solar system has officially been confirmed by NASA as an interstellar visitor — only the third of its kind ever recorded. The object, initially labelled A11pl3Z, has now been renamed 3I/ATLAS, with “3I” denoting its status as the third interstellar object detected.The discovery was made in late June 2025…
Nasa spots interstellar comet in solar system, names it 3I/Atlas (Credit: Nasa) In a rare sight, Nasa has spotted a fast-moving object from another star system that is currently lurking about 4.5 au (about 416 million miles or 670 million km) from the Sun, in our solar system. Nasa spotted the interstellar object through the…
Astronomers have identified a mysterious new object hurtling through our solar system, believed to have originated from interstellar space. First spotted on July 2, 2025, by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile, the object — now officially named 3I/Atlas (C/2025 N1) — marks only the third known interstellar visitor after ‘Oumuamua in 2017 and comet…
