A uncommon interstellar object has been noticed in our photo voltaic system, making it the second recognized object to cross over from outdoors our cosmic neighbourhood and arrive close to our planet. 3I/ATLAS is seen right here whereas about 290 million miles (465 million kilometres) from Earth, when it was journeying inbound on its journey to our neighborhood of the photo voltaic system. This icy wanderer, first detected by the ATLAS survey on July 1, marks simply the third recognized object from past our photo voltaic system to be recognized, following within the cosmic footsteps of 1I/’Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov.
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