In July 2025, the ATLAS sky survey in Chile spotted a faint comet racing through the solar system at roughly 130,000 miles per hour — and follow-up orbit calculations quickly showed it was not bound to the Sun at all, but had arrived from interstellar space. Space Daily12 billion years old, this interstellar comet is older than our solar system Phys.orgDeuterium in Comets Tells Interesting Tales Universe TodayWebb finds clues to ancient origin of Comet 3I/ATLAS European Space AgencyInterstellar comet may be oldest object seen in our solar system, scientists say The Guardian