Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth this month, whizzing by at 270 million kilometers (168 million miles) away, putting on a show for anyone equipped even with a small telescope or binoculars. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

By now, you have likely heard of our third confirmed interstellar visitor, but for those of you who aren't up to speed with the news (or wild conspiracy theories ) about our interstellar comet, here is a brief recap. On July 1, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) spotted an object hurtling through our Solar System with unusual velocity.

"When it was discovered, 3I/ATLAS was traveling at about 137,000 miles per hour (221,000 kilometers per hou

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