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New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooms through solar system

New interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooms through solar system

Astronomers have detected 3I/ATLAS, the third-ever interstellar object to enter our solar system. Discovered on July 1 by Chile’s ATLAS telescope, this icy comet is speeding through space at ~60 km/s and currently lies around 4.5 AU (~670 million km) from the Sun

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