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Rare Interstellar Comet Spotted for only the Third Time in Recorded History

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This would be only the third interstellar comet ever recorded – and the first time images are spotted.

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Rare interstellar comet spotted for only the third time in recorded history

This would be only the third interstellar comet ever recorded – and the first time images are spotted.

9 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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James Webb Telescope snaps pictures of interstellar comet

The comet had so far been identified as containing carbon dioxide, water, water ice, carbon monoxide, and the smelly gas carbonyl sulfide.

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Is 3I/ATLAS Really a Comet?

August 26, 2025: (Spaceweather.com) The most intriguing mystery in astronomy today is the nature of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Most astronomers believe it is a comet. However, Avi Loeb of Harvard University famously makes the case that it might be something else–like alien tech. Into this debate comes new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. A paper just submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters reports that 3I/ATLAS looks like a co…

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Interstellar Comet 3i/atlas Is Actually an Ancient Nuclear-Powered Spaceship, Harvard Theoretical Physicist Claims

Astronomers discovered just the third known object, 3I/ATLAS, to enter our solar system from interstellar space at the beginning of the summer. It is moving at a speed of 60 km/s, and further observations over the summer suggest that it is most likely an ancient icy comet that has been wandering through space for seven billion years. ...

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