Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS zooms through solar system, sparks ‘alien origin’ debate [VIDEO]
BALTIMORE, MD—A newly discovered interstellar comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is speeding through our solar system, marking only the third such object ever observed, NASA has announced. Detected on July 1, 2025, by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile, the comet is drawing intense interest from astronomers—and some controversial speculation about its nature. The comet, originating from […]