{"id":186235,"date":"2025-09-27T22:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/186235\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T22:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:12:07","slug":"mysterious-interstellar-visitor-visible-from-ground-based-telescopes-for-a-little-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/186235\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious interstellar visitor visible from ground-based telescopes for a little longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YWLOBNDNY5EU3JRW3PSMIL64BI\">A mysterious interstellar object will be visible for a couple more nights before it gets too close to the sun to observe, <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/blogs\/planetary-defense\/2025\/07\/02\/nasa-discovers-interstellar-comet-moving-through-solar-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/blogs\/planetary-defense\/2025\/07\/02\/nasa-discovers-interstellar-comet-moving-through-solar-system\/\">according to NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IOYSGSJ2SZAX3G6XZV6NBQ7DCM\">Comet 3I\/ATLAS, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/comets\/nasa-confirms-that-mysterious-object-shooting-through-the-solar-system-is-an-interstellar-visitor-and-it-has-a-new-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/comets\/nasa-confirms-that-mysterious-object-shooting-through-the-solar-system-is-an-interstellar-visitor-and-it-has-a-new-name\"> third interstellar object<\/a> ever detected, will be visible from ground-based telescopes through the end of September, NASA said. It will reach its closest approach to the sun around Oct. 30 &#8211; just inside the orbit of Mars. By early December, it will re-emerge on the other side of the sun and again be visible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QFLJ5UMAZJFNZIAT6Q373R7C3Y\">The comet poses no threat to Earth and will remain at a distance of at least 150 million miles, according to NASA. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Interstellar visitor\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1759011127_468_KAYZB53QAVALFJYGOZWZ6ACB5M.jpg\"\/>This diagram shows the trajectory of interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS as it passes through the solar system. It will make its closest approach to the Sun in October.NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LSBJZ6R76JBBZHXFJYBHRBHIU4\">3I\/ATLAS was first discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded <a href=\"https:\/\/atlas.fallingstar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ATLAS<\/a> (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile. ATLAS reported a comet that originated from interstellar space, from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XJ32JQHATRD6RFCFKYIJHUPEIM\">Since the first report, \u201cpre-discovery\u201d observations were gathered, extending back to June 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BTRGH76OSNEIPDMKMHD4RSNDZA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/comets\/nasa-confirms-that-mysterious-object-shooting-through-the-solar-system-is-an-interstellar-visitor-and-it-has-a-new-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/comets\/nasa-confirms-that-mysterious-object-shooting-through-the-solar-system-is-an-interstellar-visitor-and-it-has-a-new-name\">According to Livescience,<\/a> the object is traveling towards the sun extremely fast, around 152,000 mph and is on an flat and straight trajectory that\u2019s unlike anything else in the solar system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H3Z6A5V5RREKJIDMOVFBLM4EO4\">The other two known interstellar visitors were spotted in 2019 and 2017, according to Livescience. Comet 2I\/Borisov passed through in 2019. \u2018Oumuamua, a cigar-shaped object that appeared in 2017, sparked a social media flurry after it was suggested it was an alien probe.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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