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Photo: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M.Weiss Scientists Finally Know Where Weirdo Comet 3I/ATLAS Came From
Maybe the next one will be an alien spacecraft.
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NASA Here’s What Has to Go Right for You to See the Rare Sungrazer Comet This Weekend
A comet is about to do something pretty wild this Saturday, which is flying absurdly close to the sun and hoping for the best.
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NASA, ESA, Dennis Bodewits (AU); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.
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Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák This Comet Suddenly Started Spinning Backward Near the Sun, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
As Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák barreled toward the sun, it appeared to have stopped entirely… and then it flipped.
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bymuratdeniz / Getty Images Did Mysterious Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Explode?
Maybe it’s a comet. Maybe it’s doing wild alien stuff we can’t even comprehend, man.
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Photo: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Do 3I/ATLAS’ Recent Movements Confirm It’s an Alien Spaceship?
It seems to be hitting the brakes to hang around the solar system a little bit longer.
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Photo: Javier Zayas Photography / Getty Images
