It’s been years since an object from another star system came calling. Now, the cosmos is sending us another mysterious visitor — 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object after ʻOumuamua (2017) and Borisov (2019). But if you’re hoping for a dazzling streak across the sky, temper your expectations. Seeing it will take patience, darkness, and a serious telescope. Discovered in early July 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Hawaii, 3I/ATLAS is moving on a hyperbolic path — meaning it’s not gravitationally bound to our Sun. It entered the solar system from deep interstellar space and will leave just as swiftly, never to return. It will swing around the Sun (its perihelion) on 30 October 2025, coming within 1.4 astronomical units (AU), and p

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