July 3, 2025
Third interstellar object detection of races through solar system
Listen to the article Astronomers confirmed on Wednesday the discovery of a broad object struggling through our solar system – only the third one ever identified, though scientists suspect that many more can slip unnoticed. The visitor from the stars, called 3i/Atlas, is probably the largest but detected and has been classified as a comet or a cosmic avalanche. “It looks a bit unclear,” said Peter Veres, an astronomer with the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union, who was responsible for the official confirmation. “It seems that there is some gas around it, and I think one or
