‘Will keep safe distance from Earth’: Nasa spots interstellar comet in solar system; shares picture | – The Times of India

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…

Stranger from afar: Nasa confirms interstellar comet 3I/Atlas in our solar system; set to make a close pass in October – The Times of India

An intergalactic comet that strayed into our backyard has been discovered by Nasa. Earlier this week, the space agency used Chile’s Atlas telescope to observe the swiftly moving object and verified that it was a comet from a different star system. It is not a threat to Earth and is officially the third known interstellar…