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A third visitor from another star is hurtling through the solar system

Scientists have found a new interstellar object whizzing toward the sun.

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The Minor Planet Center has designated 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS), or informally "Comet ATLAS", a new interstellar comet that is currently about 4.5 AU from the Sun and screaming through the solar system at 58 km/s (130000 mph)

Large unidentified object detected entering our solar system

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