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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is About To Vanish From View – And Won't Be Back Until Later This Year

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is about to vanish from view. Earth and this interstellar interloper will be on opposite sides of the Sun for a little while. The glare of our star will be blocking the ...
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Comet Leonard's Tail Wiggling In NASA Satellite Footage

NASA STEREO-A satellite's SECCHI/HI-2 camera captured this imagery of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/NRL/B.Gallagher | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
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Tail of interstellar comet is growing, new telescope image shows

A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system. The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the ...
Santa Maria Times

Here’s to Leonard — the comet and the songwriter | Ron Colone

The brightest comet of the year is visible in the sky this month. Its official designation is C/2021 A1, but its common name is Leonard, named after Greg Leonard, the astronomer who discovered it Jan.
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Astronomers tracking a trio of comets

You may have seen claims about three comets discovered this year: C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), C/2025 R2 (SWAN), and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), being visible in the fall skies. Yeah ... about that. Other WRAL Top ...
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Tail of comet that's visiting from another star is growing, new telescope image shows

A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system. The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks on

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A comet from another star system will swing by Mars on Friday as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor. The comet known as 3I/Atlas will ...