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Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Is About To Be Hit By A Coronal Mass Ejection. What Will Happen Next?

While we haven't seen an interstellar comet being struck by a coronal mass ejection before, we have seen it happen to others. This happened on April 20, 2007, when NASA's STEREO A spacecraft saw Comet ...

Rare Celestial Moment: Two Comets Appear Side By Side Lighting Up Night Sky

An astrophotographer from Reunion Island captured comets C/2025 K1 ATLAS and C/2025 R2 SWAN racing side-by-side.

Forget the Rapture: Another prophecy claims comet will end the world in 2026

Rapture, an end-of-life event, for predicted to happen on September 23. Now we have another apocalypse prophecy for 2026, ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon. Scientists propose nuking it before that happens

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.
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Mysterious Object Screaming Toward Mars Is Huge and Far More Massive Than Scientists Thought, According to New Paper

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggests interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could be far more massive than previously thought.
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Keep an Eye Out for a Newly Discovered Comet in October

A supermoon will hang in the night sky bigger and brighter than usual during its perigee, and a great time to head outside to ...
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"Major Anomaly" As Interstellar Object 3I/Atlas Measured To Be Over 33 Billion Tons

A new study has attempted to pin down the properties of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, finding it is "anomalously massive" at around 33 billion tons.
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS is Making Its Way Closer to Earth—And New Research Suggests It Probably Isn’t Alone

Scientists say 3I/ATLAS, one of the rarest comets ever seen, likely isn’t alone and that more interstellar objects may soon ...